stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Super Awesome GCSE English Revision Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Super Awesome GCSE English Revision
Super Awesome GCSE English Revision
15 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
218 plays
A #English GCSE quiz for all the exam boards. #General Knowledge..
Flashcards
15 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
15
Answers
1
What does 'genre' mean?
Who you are writing for
The form you are writing in
Why you are writing
2
What are the descriptive techniques?
Adjectives
Simile
Direct Address
Facts
3
What is PAF?
Purpose, analysis, fact
Point, analyse, fact
Paragraph, answer, fact
Purpose, audience, form
4
Select examples of purpose
Infer
Persuade
Analyse
Describe
5
What does the phrase 'presentational devices' refer to?
The way an article looks on the page
The arguments the writer users
6
...and how should you end?
From
Yours faithfully
Yours sincerely
7
When should you use a simile?
Explanation
Arguing
Description
8
Which of these is NOT a 'connective'?
In the long run
By the same token
Although
9
Which of these is the most important aspect of writing to inform?
Persuasive techniques
Facts
Opinions
10
What does 'inference' mean?
To come to a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence
To look at the point from a different angle
To look at the obvious
To read between the lines
11
When writing a formal letter to someone you do not know, you should begin...
Dear Sir/Madam
Hello Sir/Madam
To Sir/Madam
12
Which of these is a 'conditional phrase'?
If, then
And, but
Firstly, secondly
13
The question asks to look at language, what are we looking at?
Language techniques and layout
Paragraphs and language techniques
Language techniques
Techniques and sentence structure
14
What does the acronym PEE stand for?
Point, Evidence, Explanation
Point, Example, Explanation
Paragraph, Evidence, Expand
Purpose, Example, Explanation
15
What is sibilance?
Two similes together
Words beginning with sh
The repetition of the 's' sound
