Writing the section about Harriet Tubman's activism | English

Starter quiz

Information in the activism section be ...
- general.
- specific. ✓
- vague.
Select facts that are appropriate to use in the activism section.
- Harriet Tubman had eight siblings.
- Harriet Tubman was born on a cotton plantation.
- Harriet Tubman escaped the plantation in 1849. ✓
- Harriet Tubman worked as a spy, scout and nurse for Lincoln's Army. ✓
- Civil war broke out due to tensions between Northern and Southern States. ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A __________ clause is a group of words containing a verb that makes sense on its own.'
- main ✓
- complex
- subordinate
- simple
- compound
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A __________ clause is a group of words containing a verb that does not make sense on its own.'
- main
- complex
- subordinate ✓
- simple
- compound
Match the cohesive devices to their definitions.
- subject-specific vocabulary
  
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  words and phrases associated with a topic ✓
- fronted adverbial
  
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  a sentence starter followed by a comma ✓
- relative complex sentence
  
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  a sentence with a main clause and relative subordinate clause ✓
Match the cohesive devices to their examples.
- subject-specific vocabulary
  
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  Underground Railroad ✓
- fronted adverbial
  
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  Years later, ✓
- relative complex sentence
  
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  Tubman, who worked as a conductor, helped many flee enslavement. ✓