Starter quiz

  • If you are sympathetic, generous and understanding you might be described as....
    • spiteful
    • benevolent  ✓
    • malevolent
  • Which words are synonyms for candid?
    • truthful  ✓
    • guarded
    • straightforward  ✓
    • sincere  ✓
  • Which of these is not an example of religious imagery?
    • blood stains like a map  ✓
    • paradise of opium eaters
    • minister of celestial pleasures
    • manna or of ambrosia
  • Which sentence does not use correlative or comparative conjunctions?
    • Contrastingly, DeQuincey's perspective is conflicted.
    • Both DeQuincey and the mother describe attitudes towards drugs.
    • The mother offers a bleak perspective on drug addiction.  ✓
  • Which sentence does not include a discourse marker?
    • Both texts explore the dangerous effects of drugs.  ✓
    • Initially, DeQuincey begins taking drugs for pain.
    • Furthermore, the mother struggles with her son's continued decline.
    • Consequently, both writers have an emotional and powerful response to addiction.
  • Match the parts found in a single paragraph outline to their descriptions.
    • Topic sentence
      ⇔
      should summarise and introduce your ideas in a concise way. ✓
    • Textual detail
      ⇔
      should be judicious. ✓
    • Closing sentence
      ⇔
      should conclude your arguments and refer to question. ✓
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