Starter quiz

  • What is being described in the following sentence? Words or phrases used as an exclamation to show emphasis or emotion e.g. ‘Goodness me!’
    • discourse markers
    • interjections  ✓
    • conjunctions
    • direct address
  • Speeches and opinion pieces can be considered what type of writing?
    • transactional writing  ✓
    • creative writing
    • essay writing
    • evaluative writing
  • 'When a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences or clauses.' What device is being described here?
    • 'Anaphora' ✓
  • 'Initially', 'For example', 'To conclude' are all examples of what?
    • 'discourse markers' ✓
  • Lucas was given some feedback to make his speech more engaging and make it seem like he is speaking to an actual audience. Which of the below would be good things for Lucas to include to achieve this?
    • direct address  ✓
    • personal pronouns  ✓
    • interjections  ✓
    • complex sentences
    • detailed explanations
  • What is being described here 'a conclusion you reach by applying logic to the evidence you are given'?
    • inference  ✓
    • introduction
    • analysis
    • topic sentence
    • assertion
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