Starter quiz

  • Inferences should be based on {} and reason.
    • evidence  ✓
    • emotion
    • fact
    • guesswork
  • What is being described here: 'The sentence in which the main idea of a paragraph is stated.'?
    • Topic sentence  ✓
    • Complex sentence
    • Compound sentence
    • Short sentence
    • Exclamative sentence
  • What word is missing from this definition of synthesis: ‘To __________ separate elements to form a whole. When summarising, we can combine elements from each text in our analysis.'
    • combine  ✓
    • infer
    • summarise
    • analyse
  • What is being described here: 'a conclusion you reach by applying logic to the evidence you are given.'?
    • Inference  ✓
    • Reference
    • Summary
    • Synthesis
  • What is the best definition of the word 'cumulative'?
    • Increasing in effect from subsequent additions  ✓
    • Decreasing in effect from subsequent additions
    • Increasing in effect from subsequent subtractions
    • Decreasing in effect from subsequent subtractions
  • What is the best definition of the word 'developed' in relation to analytical writing?
    • A piece of writing that uses varied evidence to make a high-level point.  ✓
    • A piece of writing that is extensive and uses extended quotes.
    • A piece of writing that uses lots of advanced vocabulary.
    • A piece of writing that uses complex grammatical structures.
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