Peer editing the early life section of a biography about Harriet Tubman | English

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Match the terms to their definitions:
- punctuation
  
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  a set of standardised symbols and marks to structure sentences ✓
- vocabulary
  
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  language choices made by a writer ✓
- text cohesion
  
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  how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader ✓
Select the sentence that uses the apostrophe for singular possession correctly.
- Harriet's family lived and worked on a plantation. ✓
- Harriets family lived and worked on a plantation.
- Harriets' family lived and worked on a plantation.
Select the sentence that uses the apostrophe for plural possession correctly.
- Southern State's laws permitted slavery at that time.
- Southern States law's permitted slavery at that time.
- Southern States' laws permitted slavery at that time. ✓
Match the fronted adverbial types to their examples.
- formal fronted adverbial
  
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  However, ✓
- viewpoint fronted adverbial
  
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  Significantly, ✓
- fronted adverbial of cause
  
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  Consequently, ✓
Select the appropriate relative pronoun to complete the following sentence: 'Harriet, __________ was five years old at the time, worked as a house servant.'
- who ✓
- which
- whose
Which is the best definition of a subheading?
- a title for a whole piece of writing
- a title for a section or paragraph of writing ✓
- a title for a particular sentence