Why would a writer select a particular colour in a text?

The readers associations with the colour and it's mood.

Diagrams and maps are primarily used to...

Aid memory, provide information, and make a text interesting

A good factual text will...

Answer the audience's questions about the subject matter.

What is one use for bullet points?

Presenting information in a clear and memorable way.

What's a biased text?

A text created to support a specific opinion., Anything Katie Hopkins writes.

Brightly coloured pictures usually make a text...

Exciting, fun and eye catching.

Why use bold or italic text?

For emphasis and to make reading easier.

What does the word 'layout' mean?

The way everything is assembled on the page.

As well as telling people what the subject is, a title can...

Grab attention., Express bias., Indicate the tone of the text.

A fire safety leaflet would probably include...

Facts about house fires and ways to prevent them.

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Presentational Features

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A simple quiz on GCSE level presentational devices.

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1
Why would a writer select a particular colour in a text?
The readers associations with the colour and it's mood.
It's easier to print.
They shouldn't. It must be colourless.
It's their favourite.
2
Diagrams and maps are primarily used to...
Tell people what to do next.
Aid memory, provide information, and make a text interesting
Confuse the audience.
Help the reader find the buried treasure.
3
A good factual text will...
Include plenty of emotive language.
Answer the audience's questions about the subject matter.
Make the writer famous.
Be soooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.
4
What is one use for bullet points?
Prophetic fallacy.
Nothing. They're useless.
Presenting information in a clear and memorable way.
Shooting people.
5
What's a biased text?
A factual, objective text.
A text with an exciting format.
A text created to support a specific opinion.
Anything Katie Hopkins writes.
6
Other useful presentational devices/features include...
Puppies, kittens and sloths.
Quotes, pictures and bullet points.
Bribery, blackmail and celebrity endorsement.
As many memes as you can fit in.
7
The devices used in a text often depend on...
How much it's creator is being paid
The intended audience.
The current economic climate.
Nobody. They're strong, independent devices *snaps fingers*
8
Brightly coloured pictures usually make a text...
More factual and informative
Childish and idiotic.
Boring.
Exciting, fun and eye catching.
9
Which of the following is a presentational device?
Illustrations.
Donald Trump.
Rhyme.
Audience.
10
Why use bold or italic text?
To scare people.
It looks so pretty.
For emphasis and to make reading easier.
To instruct people.
11
What does the word 'layout' mean?
A word's size, colour and font.
The way everything is assembled on the page.
A photo montage of people sleeping.
The number of pages the text has.
12
As well as telling people what the subject is, a title can...
Grab attention.
Express bias.
Indicate the tone of the text.
Cure cancer.
13
The purpose of a factual text is...
To show everyone how clever you are.
To persuade.
To make people laugh.
To inform.
14
A fire safety leaflet would probably include...
A coupon for hosepipes.
A disk loaded with the entire box set of fireman Sam.
Lots of pictures of the firemen with their shirts off.
Facts about house fires and ways to prevent them.

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