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English (Eduqas)
Writing masters

Starter quiz

  • What is perspective?
    • someone's point of view  ✓
    • someone's memories
    • someone's vision
    • someone's aims
  • Which of the following is the noun?
    • he
    • laugh
    • fun  ✓
    • am
  • What is a pronoun?
    • a word that replaces a noun.  ✓
    • a word that comes after a verb.
    • a word that replaces an adjective.
    • a word that comes before a noun.
  • How do you sign off a letter to somebody you don't know by name?
    • Yours sincerely
    • Yours earnestly
    • Yours devotedly
    • Yours faithfully  ✓
  • Match the rhetorical device to the example.
    • flattery
      ⇔
      dearest friends and esteemed colleagues... ✓
    • alliteration
      ⇔
      the greedy grabbing by greasy little fingers... ✓
    • rhetorical question
      ⇔
      if not you, then who? if not now, then when? ✓
    • triple
      ⇔
      our loyal, devoted and admired public service workers... ✓
    • emotive language
      ⇔
      a life of neglect, abandonment, misery and heartache... ✓
    • direct address
      ⇔
      I now encourage you to look deep within yourselves... ✓
  • What is an idiom?
    • historic tales that have been passed down e.g Little Red Riding Hood
    • superstitious myths e.g. not walking on the cracks in pavements
    • figurative sayings that are familiar e.g. 'it's raining cats and dogs'  ✓
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