Starter quiz
- Which of the following is a compound sentence?
- She sings.
- Although she sings.
- She sings, and he dances. ✓
- Singing beautifully.
- Where she sings.
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- What effect might using short sentences have on writing?
- It might make it confusing.
- It might make it easier to understand.
- It might speed up the pace. ✓
- It might make the writing more poetic.
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- Which structure best describes the following sentence: "Tired but happy, Jane returned from the marathon."
- Simple sentence ✓
- Compound sentence
- Complex sentence
- Compound-complex sentence
- Fragment
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- How can the pace be slowed down in writing?
- Use exclamations marks to make things exciting.
- Use short sentences to make the reader pause as they read.
- Introduce dialogue so we get to know a character.
- Use longer descriptive sentences to introduce a sense of time. ✓
- Ask questions so the reader has to think.
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- Which is an example of an imperative sentence?
- This is a cat.
- Don't touch the cat. ✓
- Is that your cat?
- Wow, what a cat!
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- What purpose does varying sentence lengths serve in writing?
- Increases word count
- Adds monotony to the action
- Introduces a sense of disorder.
- Maintains reader's interest and controls pace ✓
- Introduces new characters
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