Revising topic sentences and selecting precise evidence from 'The Dark Lady' | English

Starter quiz

A group of words taken from a text or speech is ...
- a quotation ✓
- a technique
- a connotation
What is the word magical often associated with?
- something supernatural ✓
- something ordinary
- something terrifying
- something mundane
Something that makes you believe that something is true or exists is called ...
- evidence. ✓
- prediction.
- intention.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
- to explain the main focus of a paragraph ✓
- to summarise and conclude the paragraph
- to analyse quotations and techniques
What does 'intense' mean?
- something very great or extreme in strength or degree ✓
- something very weak or passive in strength or degree
- something very ordinary or normal in strength or degree
Match the components of the analytical question: 'In 'The Dark Lady', how does Akala present magic?' with their meanings.
- How
  
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  Analyse the language, form and structure. ✓
- Akala
  
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  What were their intentions? ✓
- Magic
  
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  What ideas about this concept are there? ✓