1. Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Lesson Eight:
Compare how two non-fiction texts have been made to sound authoritative through the use of varied linguistic and grammatical devices

5. Astronaut Hibernation
List the benefits of hibernation given in the article.
Look at the 3 images on the handout. Which of these would you choose to illustrate the article? Why?

7. What makes a scientific text sound authoritative?
Use of an expert
Specialist technical vocabulary
Present tense
complex sentences starting with subordinate clauses to explain cause and effect (processes)
To spot complex sentences like these look for ones that start with connectives e.g.
‘By….’ ‘To….’ ‘While….’ ‘With….’

8. What was the purpose of the article?
Who is the audience for this article?
Did you find it effective?

9. An astronaut…

10. Noun Phrase
An astronaut
The silent astronaut
The silent astronaut, alone and watching
The silent astronaut, alone and watching above the distant landscape
The silent astronaut who floated serenely above the distant landscape
The silent astronaut, looking out into the desolate blackness
The space-walker