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Big Fat English Quiz of the Year KS3
Big Fat English Quiz of the Year KS3
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A quiz made to test the English skills and memory of KS3.
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1
What does the writer use to grab the reader's attention at the start of a story?
Hook
Resolution
Climax
Inciting incident
2
Does a poem need to rhyme?
Only if it's long
No
Yes
Only if it's short
3
Which of these do we
not
commonly include in an analysis paragraph?
Inference
Topic sentence
Description
Quotation
4
When do we use a semicolon?
To join an independent clause to a dependent clause.
When joining two sentences or separating items in a list.
When directly quoting someone.
When ending a sentence dramatically or suggesting there's more to come.
5
We often persuade people in real life.
True
False
6
What does SPaG stand for?
Spelling & grammar
Spelling, paragraphs & grammar
Spelling, punctuation & grammar
Supporting points & grades
7
True or false: When writing a description, you don't need to focus on plot.
True
False
8
What type of techniques are common in poetry?
Similes
Metaphors
Personification
Onomatopoeia
9
If someone is red-faced and balling their fists up, we can infer that they are...
Confused
Happy
Angry
Sad
10
True or false: stories are always written in past tense.
False
True
11
Which of these words is spelt correctly?
Dellicate
Terrifyng
Enormous
Whispy
12
Which of these is an example of alliteration?
Cute cuddly creatures
How often do you think about mental health?
You need to listen
In the UK, more than 11 million people are in absolute poverty.
13
What is a paragraph in a poem called?
Stanza
Sansa
Tsana
Ctanza
14
What is enjambment?
When two opposing ideas are next to each other.
When a sentence/phrase runs over on to the next line.
When multiple lines start with the same phrase.
When multiple words in a line/section start with the same letter or sound.
15
True or false: Grammar is the rules and guidance we all use to correctly put together words/speech.
True
False
16
What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
When the weather matches the mood/tone.
Comparing two things using like or as.
A word that was made based on the sound it is associated with.
Repeating the same phrase in a paragraph.
17
Which of these is an example of a statistic?
Without the NHS, we wouldn't survive as a country.
You need to listen
75% of people think...
Cute cuddly creatures
18
True or false: We most commonly analyse books, plays and poetry.
True
False
19
What punctuation comes at the end of an exclamative sentence?
Exclamation mark
Question mark
Full stop
Ellipsis
20
True or false: poems can only be about love and romance.
False
True
21
What is the acronym we use to remember key rhetorical devices?
RHETORIC
DASCHOOL
DAFOREST
DAWOODS
22
Which of these is useful for writing an effective description?
Ambitious vocabulary
Sentence variety
Imagery
Variety of punctuation
23
Which of these is the basic way we analyse a text?
Who, How, Why
What, How, Who
What, How, Why
Who, What, Why
24
What is the climax of a story?
Highest point of tension/drama, where the main conflict is resolved.
An incident that creates a conflict and changes the course of the story.
It hooks the reader in.
The end of a story, where everything has gone back to normal.
25
What is a topic sentence?
The first sentence of an analysis paragraph, outlining what the argument.
The sentence analysing a specific quote.
The question you are answering when analysing.
The fina sentence of a paragraph, summarising what has been said.
26
True or false: Stories are only ever written in 3rd person.
True
False
27
If someone is running for the bus, we can infer that they are most likely...
Trying to look cool
Late
An Olympian
Fast
28
What is the structure called that we use when writing a story?
Freytag's Pyramid
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Cicero's Structure of Persuasion
Aristotlian Triad
29
True or false: Ethos relates to logic.
False
True
30
True or false: We can analyse both language and structure.
False
True
31
True or false: We use inference a lot, such as to help us analyse texts.
True
False
32
Which of these is a metaphor?
Outside of the city, the wind had become more severe.
Angrily, the wind crashed open the doors.
The wind pierced my skin.
The wind was as cold as ice.
33
True or false: we infer explicitly (surface) first, then implicitly (below the surface).
False
True
34
What is inference?
When we analyse a writer's choices.
When we include quotations in an argument.
When we use clues from a text and our own knowledge to make a conclusion.
When we write a story that makes people think.
35
Which of these is the best word to describe a mountain?
Big
Enormous
Tall
Gigantic
