Starter quiz
- If you are expressing your opinion, you are expressing your....
- experiences and past.
- ideas and beliefs. ✓
- personality and character.
- sense of humour and wit.
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- Which of the following is a kind of form of a text?
- poem ✓
- letter ✓
- word
- author
- reader
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- Which of the following is not an example of a persuasive device?
- rhetorical question
- repetition
- anecdote
- onomatopoeia ✓
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- Who is the audience for an opinion piece?
- the person who is writing the piece of writing
- the people reading the piece of writing ✓
- the people the writer may quote in their writing
- the person the writing is about
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- What linguistic method has been used in the following quotation: "This is a problem that has crept up on us stealthily."
- zoomorphism ✓
- personification
- simile
- onomatopoeia
- alliteration
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- What is the effect of the following quotation: "We must not rest, we must not become complacent; we must act...now."
- It makes the reader feel part of something important. ✓
- It conveys a sense of urgency to the reader. ✓
- It sounds more sophisticated.
- The repetition emphasises the importance of action. ✓
- It puts the responsibility for action on the writer.
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