Comparing writers' attitudes and perspectives | English

Starter quiz

Match the words to their definitions.
- celestial
  
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  when something is considered heavenly and other worldly ✓
- indulgent
  
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  to be over excessive in an action or a behaviour ✓
- connotation
  
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  words, ideas, feelings or concepts we associate with a word ✓
- mystic
  
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  something that has elements of mystery and magic ✓
- religious imagery
  
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  using ideas or symbols drawn from religious ideas ✓
Which of the below quotes use a first person perspective.
- "I watched you systematically destroy yourself" ✓
- "he was a man of simple pleasures"
- "I first began to use opium as my daily diet" ✓
- "They knew the pleasure would not last long"
What technique is being used in this quote: "Minister of celestial pleasure"?
- Rhetorical question
- Simile
- Religious imagery ✓
- Alliteration
Which words are connotations of the word "immortal"?
- superficial
- not-human ✓
- god-like ✓
- flowery
- supernatural ✓
Select the phrases to complete this sentence: Discourse markers can be used to....
- structure your writing. ✓
- add description to your writing.
- signpost the beginning, middle and end of your response. ✓
- track images in a text. ✓
Look at this sentence: "Your clothes are peppered with blood stains." What type of word is "peppered"?
- verb ✓
- adjective
- noun
- adverb
- conjunction