Starter quiz
- A simple sentence has a single clause with a subject and a ______.
- verb ✓
- preposition
- noun
- metaphor
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- What is being described here: 'Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances or major social or environmental changes.'?
- 'Science fiction' ✓
- 'The rocket launched successfully and it made its way to the moon.' This is a compound sentence joined by a conjunction. What is the conjunction?
- 'and' ✓
- 'The rocked launched loudly, screeching wildly into the night.' What sentence type is this?
- compound
- complex ✓
- simple
- interrogative
- exclamative
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- A story's pace refers to the ______ at which it is told.
- speed ✓
- volume
- tension
- time
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- What is being described here: 'A statement about what you think will happen in the future'?
- certainty
- prediction ✓
- truth
- likelihood
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Exit quiz
- Who wrote 'The War of the Worlds'?
- H.G. Wells ✓
- Jules Verne
- Mary Shelley
- Jonathan Swift
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- 'The War of the Worlds' is narrated by ...
- an unnamed narrator. ✓
- Wells himself.
- a Martian who was part of the invasion.
- nobody (it is written in the third person).
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- What is being described here: 'A piece of punctuation that can introduce lists, explanations and quotes.'?
- colon ✓
- dash
- ellipsis
- question mark
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- In 'The War of the Worlds', the narrator finds London has become like a 'lurid' and 'weird' alien landscape. What is arguably the cause of this?
- A red weed that is seemingly everywhere. ✓
- The fact that it is now Martians one sees rather than humans.
- The complete destruction the Martians have carried out.
- The new buildings and structures the Martians have constructed.
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- Look at this sentence taken from 'The War of the Worlds': "And over all—silence." Which of the below best explains the use of the dash?
- It is essential for the sentence to make sense.
- It adds a dramatic pause which greater emphasises the silence. ✓
- It reflects the fact the character is nervously stuttering when he says it.
- The writer uses the dash to quicken the pace.
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- In 'The War of the Worlds', the narrator talks of being 'dethroned'. What does he mean by this?
- That humans are no longer the most dominant species on Earth. ✓
- That the invasion has led to the collapse of the government.
- That he has lost everything.
- That human society will never be the same again.
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Key learning points
- Making predictions can help you to comprehend a new text better.
- Dashes can be used to add a greater pause for dramatic effect.
- Colons are used to separate two main clauses and can introduce lists, explanations and quotes.
- Writers use sentence structures and punctuation for emphasis, to change pace and convey emotion.
- Use precise quotations to support your analysis of punctuation and sentence structure.
Common misconception
Punctuation is only used to ensure writing makes sense.
Punctuation can be a stylistic choice from a writer, contributing to the tension of a story.
Keywords
Dash - A piece of punctuation (-) that can be used to signal a pause, usually for dramatic effect.
Colon - A piece of punctuation (:) that can introduce lists, explanations and quotes.
Prediction - A statement about what you think will happen in the future.
Sentence structures - The different sentence types e.g. complex, compound, simple.
Pace - The speed at which a story is told.
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