Starter quiz
- What is the first thing to decide when planning a piece of descriptive writing?
- vocabulary
- closing sentence
- tone ✓
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- Which sentence uses the colon correctly?
- The town was in ruin: smashed windows, abandoned vehicles and a rancid stench. ✓
- The town was in ruin due to its: smashed windows, abandoned vehicles and stench.
- Smashed windows, abandoned vehicles and stench: therefore the town was in ruin.
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- Which sentence uses the semicolon correctly?
- I can remember how to write interesting sentences; I feel confident. ✓
- I can remember how to write interesting sentences I feel; confident.
- I can remember how to write; interesting sentences I feel confident.
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- Which sentence matches a bleak tone most successfully?
- People trudged along the derelict city, with weary hearts and hollow eyes. ✓
- People walked along the quiet city, with straight faces.
- People pranced along the city, with animated expressions.
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- 'Had it always been like this?' is an example of a __________, __________ sentence.
- compound, exclamatory
- compound, interrogative
- simple, interrogative ✓
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- Effective exclamatory sentences are most often...
- simple ✓
- compound
- complex
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