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English (Edexcel)
Non-fiction: crime and punishment

Starter quiz

  • A leaflet's primary purpose is to ...
    • persuade.
    • entertain.
    • inform.  ✓
    • advise.
  • Which of these features would you not expect to find in a leaflet?
    • Headings
    • Bullet points
    • Subheadings
    • Title
    • Description of setting  ✓
  • What is the purpose, form and audience of this task: “Young people are underestimated in society.” Write a speech for a school assembly in which you persuade your listeners to be a force for change.
    • persuade, speech and students  ✓
    • entertain, letter and MPs
    • inform, leaflet and general public
    • advise, article and newspaper
  • Match the devices to the examples.
    • Statistics
      ⇔
      97% of people surveyed said that this is true. ✓
    • Rhetorical question
      ⇔
      We need to ask when is this going to end? ✓
    • Simile
      ⇔
      Like a terrible song, the debate gets stuck in my head. ✓
    • Declarative sentence
      ⇔
      War has to end. ✓
    • Repetition
      ⇔
      Peace is important. Peace is necessary. ✓
    • Direct address
      ⇔
      You need to act now. ✓
  • What structural device is being used in this extract: "Peace will reign in the streets of London. Peace will reign across Europe. Peace will reign across the world."
    • 'Anaphora' ✓
  • Which devices has this opening hook used: "The war on social media continues. You may think you are safe from the debate, but you are wrong. When will it end?"
    • simile
    • declarative sentence  ✓
    • direct address  ✓
    • rhetorical question  ✓
    • statistic
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