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choose the abstract noun
dog
cats
golden retriever
bravery
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What is the purpose of descriptive writing?
To advise
To persuade
To inform
To put a picture in someone's head
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Tabloids, such as The Sun, specialise in...
celebrity gossip
global currencies
in-depth news analysis
quality journalism
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Which persuasive technique is being used in the picture?
repetition
hyperbole
emotive language
rhetorical question
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Which persuasive language technique is being used in the example?
rhetorical question
hyperbole
emotive language
personal pronoun
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Which of these newspapers is a tabloid?
The Guardian
The independent
The Sun
Impartial Reporter
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Is this a metaphor?
No
Yes
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What is the format of the abstraction ladder?
Top = most abstract version, bottom = most specific
Top = most specific version, Bottom = most abstract
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Broadsheets are famous for sensational headlines
True
False
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A TYPE of nonfiction writing that informs or explains
Understatement
expository
genre
nonfiction
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Is this a metaphor?
Yes
No
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What is an imperative sentence?
A comparison to one thing to another using like or as
Gives a command, instruction or makes a request
A word that joins singles words, phrases or sentences
Elements in a sentence that are similar
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Which of these is NOT an example of expository writing ?
a research report
directions
how-to article
a short story
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Persuasive texts...
Influence the reader
Evoke emotions
Are not engaging
Can never be humerous
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Which noun is abstract?
A lot
Car
Peace
Hairy
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Is this a metaphor?
No
Yes
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Metaphor, simile, repetition and parallelism are all examples of persuasive writing techniques.
False
True
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Which of the following is NOT a descriptive writing technique?
sensory description
metaphor
colourful adjectives
story-telling
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This is a persuasive text.
false
true
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What narrative perspective uses: 'I'?
Omniscient Narrator
Third Person Narrator
First Person Narrator
Second Person Narrator
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Writing that presents factual information and a variety of viewpoints.
Subjective
Objective
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What is a pun?
words that rhyme
A play on words
A string of words that begin with the same letter.
An action word
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Define copyright
Licenses that provide a rate of protection to partners
Protection given to an author's original works or authorship
A work that is based upon one or more pre-existing works
Taking someone's work and calling it yours
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Is this a metaphor?
No
Yes
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Tabloids are also known for being...
Gutter Press
Populist
The Quality Press
Sensationalist
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What is colloquial language?
posh language
foreign language
everyday/ slang language
formal language
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How can you tell if a passage is an informational or narrative writing?
They both sound alike you can’t tell except guessing.
It is common sense
They are the same so there is no need to worry.
Informative writing has facts and narrative is a story.
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Where are you least likely to find persuasive writing?
novel
Car brochure
newspaper
catalogue
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Who invented the Ladder of Abstraction?
S.I. Hayakawa
Elisha Otis
Andrew Carnegie
Walter Lippmann
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Which is an example of Colloquial Language
Give me your money
Gimme your dosh
Could you deposit some currency?
I would like some money please
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Which of these is an abstract noun?
laughing
glad
happiness
happy
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What is an abstract noun?
A thing you can taste (such as ice-cream or noodles)
A quality you could have (such as honesty or bravery)
A thing that you can touch (such as a rug or cat)
A thing that you can see (such as the sun or sky)
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Which persuasive technique is being used in the example below?
hyperbole
repetition
personal pronoun
rhetorical question
34
Why do we write a procedure?
None of the above
To describe something
To tell how to do something
To persuade someone
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A piece of writing that tells the story about an event or experience.
Descriptive
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative
