Planning and writing comparative responses | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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
  
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  should summarise and introduce your ideas in a concise way. ✓
- Textual detail
  
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  should be judicious. ✓
- Closing sentence
  
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  should conclude your arguments and refer to question. ✓