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Free Year 10 Text Analysis & Essays Worksheets

2 free text analysis & essays resources for Year 10: 2 worksheets. Answers included.

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Analysing texts, techniques and essay writing for senior English. In Year 10, Year 10 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 10 students learn about text analysis & essays?

Analysing texts, techniques and essay writing for senior English. At Year 10, 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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