Non-fiction texts AO1 Review

Recall All Texts from Non-fiction Section

Danger of A Single Story
Passage To Africa
Explorer’s Daughter
Explorers or boys messing about?
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Young and dyslexic?
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
Journey into Bhutan
H is for Hawk
Chinese Cinderella

What type of text is Danger of a Single story and where was it published?

TED conference, speech

What is the author of Danger of a Single Story?

Adichie is a successful novelist

Danger of a single story objective

To convey that a ‘single story’ encourages stereotypes and causes prejudiced views

Who is the author of Passage to Africa?

Alagiah is a television reporter during war in Somalia in the 1990s

What type of text is Passage to Africa?

Memoir

Passage to Africa Objective

Blends personal insights with the harsh reality of people living in certain areas in Africa particularly during war

Who is the author of Explorer’s Daughter?

Kari Herbert, who lived with her family among the Inuight people as a small child. She revisits the area in 2002 staying near Thule, a remote settlement in North Greenland.

What type of text is Explorer’s Daughter?

Memoir, writing about personal experience about watching a hunt for a narwhal

Explorer’s Daughter Purpose

To demonstrate a unique experience of hunting narwhals, being torn between the necessity of the hunt and the cruelty of it for the animals

Who is the author of Explorers or boys messing about?

Steven Morris, a The Guardian news reporter

What type of text is Explorers or boys messing about?

News article

Explorers or boys messing about? purpose

To criticize whether the explorers should be adventuring in the first place and highlight its costs to taxpayers

Between a Rock and a Hard Place author

Aron Ralston, the person who had his hand crushed himself

What type of text is Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

Memoir, describes how a boulder crused his right hand while he was climbing and hiking in a Canyon

Between a Rock and a Hard Place Purpose

To document his extraordinary survival story and possibly highlight the importance of informing someone before taking on dangerous challenges

Young and Dyslexic author

Benjamin Zephaniah, who faced hardships of his dyslexia himself

Text type of Young and Dyslexic

The Guardian online article

Purpose of Young and Dyslexic

To inform young people about dyslexia and persuade them that dyslexia isn't a barrier for achievement

A Game Of Polo author

Emma Levine, who travelled throughout Asia researching and filming unusual sports. In this text, she writes about a donkey race in Karachi, Pakistan.

Game of Polo text type

Travelogue documenting a new and unique experience

Game of Polo purpose

To inform us about other sports and cultures and entertain

Journey into Bhutan author

Jamie Zeppa, who left Canada to teach in Bhutan at 24

Journey into Bhutan text type

Memoir to share personal experience of early days in the country

Journey into Bhutan Purpose

To share her experience and shift people’s views on Bhutan

H is for Hawk author

Helen Macdonald, whose father suddenly dies of heart attack

H is for hawk text type

Autobiography of meeting her hawk that she adopted to distract her from her grief

H is for hawk Purpose

to document Macdonald's emotional journey through grief and her unique method of coping by training a goshawk

Chinese Cinderella Author

Adeline Yen Mah, who grew up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong, but was rejected by her dominating stepmother and was despised by her siblings.

Chinese cinderella text type

Autobiography where she relates one of the few occasions she went home from boarding school

Chinese cinderella purpose

To criticize authorotative parenting and offer hope to particularly leaders who have also faced a lack of love from parents