Generating ideas from SPAF

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An activity to help learners start to apply their knowledge of SPAF to generate ideas for transactional writing tasks.
Sarah Holmes
Quiz by Sarah Holmes, updated more than 1 year ago
Sarah Holmes
Created by Sarah Holmes over 8 years ago
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Resource summary

Question 1

Question
Annotate this text to show how subject-specific language has been included by choosing the most accurate explanation from the drop-down menus at each hotspot.
Answer
  • Term used by tennis commentators on TV
  • It always rains during Wimbledon
  • Term used in sports commentaries
  • confirms this is about tennis
  • helps orientate us on the court
  • shows he knows his tennis terms
  • Assumes the reader understands scoring
  • Assumes prior knowledge of tennis
  • Assumes reader is an umpire
  • Used to build the tension in context
  • Used to confuse the reader
  • Assumes reader knowledge
  • Conveys the significance in tennis
  • Conveys personal significance
  • Conveys significance
  • Language now that of tennis experts.
  • Very technical puts reader off
  • Shows he is panicking, can't form word
  • double meaning adds depth
  • shows how bad it was
  • continues semantic field of tennis
  • Helps create atmosphere
  • Used onomatopoeically
  • Describes typical tennis crowds.
  • Assumes reader understands significance
  • Shows how bad it was
  • He has retreated into his world
  • double meaning adds depth
  • scolds in tennis terms
  • can't let go of tennis

Question 2

Question
Sort the conventions into the 5 purposes of transactional writing by dragging the labels onto the hotspots in the correct columns.
Answer
  • 3rd person generic
  • powerful opening statement
  • includes fact & opinions
  • anecdotal evidence
  • sequential connectives
  • second person pronouns
  • emotive language
  • rhetorical questions
  • causal connectives
  • three-part lists
  • uses 2nd person pronouns
  • imperative & modal verbs
  • uses sequential connectives
  • active sentences
  • prepositional phrases
  • Formal, standard English
  • present tense
  • uses third person pronouns
  • mixes simple & compound sentences
  • includes technical vocabulary
  • written in 3rd person
  • provides specific examples
  • goes from general info to specifics
  • includes imperative verbs
  • may use bullet-points

Question 3

Question
The audience for the transactional writing tasks will always be clearly specified in the question.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Which of the following things do you need to consider when adapting your writing to suit the intended audience of a task?
Answer
  • Their age
  • Their gender
  • Their ethnicity
  • Their prior knowledge of the subject matter
  • Why they are reading/listening to your text
  • How they will be reading/listening to your text
  • How long they will spend reading/listening
  • Any questions they might have about your text
  • How to make your text visually appealing to your readers

Question 5

Question
In what ways does the form of text that you are asked to create inform the choices you might make. Choose all that apply.
Answer
  • The basic structure of the text
  • The formality of the tone and register
  • The use of presentational devices such as headings and sub-headings
  • Some vocabulary choices
  • The subject-specific vocabulary
  • The content

Question 6

Question
You need to be prepared to write a short story for the transactional writing tasks.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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