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Free Year 9 Text Analysis & Essays Worksheets

2 free text analysis & essays resources for Year 9: 2 worksheets. Answers included.

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Analysing texts, techniques and essay writing for senior English. In Year 9, Year 9 students solve more complex equations, work with linear graphs, meet Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry, and expand binomials.

Students will practise: identifying persuasive techniques in advertising; explaining the intended effect of a technique on an audience; identifying a target audience from textual evidence; writing an analytical paragraph about a persuasive text; identifying figurative language and sensory imagery; distinguishing tone from mood; explaining how word choice creates mood; analysing contrast in a literary text.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1Analysing Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
  2. 2Language Features: Imagery, Tone and Mood

Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Analysing Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

    Students read an original print advertisement and identify the techniques it uses to position readers: emotive language, inclusive…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    15 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Language Features: Imagery, Tone and Mood

    Students read an original prose extract and examine how imagery, figurative language, sensory detail and word choice build mood, and how…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    15 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Common questions

What do Year 9 students learn about text analysis & essays?

Analysing texts, techniques and essay writing for senior English. At Year 9, our resources focus on: identifying persuasive techniques in advertising; explaining the intended effect of a technique on an audience; identifying a target audience from textual evidence; writing an analytical paragraph about a persuasive text.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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