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English (Edexcel)
Spoken language: the language of change

Starter quiz

  • Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech was delivered in 1913. What century is this?
    • 17th century
    • 18th century
    • 19th century
    • 20th century  ✓
    • 21st century
  • Match the rhetorical device with the correct definition.
    • Rhetorical question
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      A phrase used to provoke thought. It does not require an answer. ✓
    • Direct address
      ⇔
      A writer speaks to the audience usually using the pronoun "you". ✓
    • Repetition
      ⇔
      Repeated used of words or phrases for emphasis and effect. ✓
    • Anecdote
      ⇔
      A short personal story or account. ✓
  • When a text appeals to the reader using the pronoun 'you' this is an example of...
    • rhetorical question
    • direct address  ✓
    • repetition
    • anaphora
  • Which of these features would you find in a letter, but not in a speech?
    • Figurative language e.g metaphor
    • Closing e.g kindest regards, yours sincerely  ✓
    • Salutation e.g dear or to  ✓
    • Reader or audience named  ✓
    • Rhetorical devices e.g direct address
  • Pankhurst uses the imagery of warfare and fighting throughout her 'Freedom or Death' speech. This is an example of an ______
    • 'extended metaphor' ✓
  • In 'Freedom or Death', Pankhurst compares the history of politics to "a hungry baby" and an "impatient baby". What rhetorical device is this?
    • 'Analogy' ✓
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