Persuasive opinion pieces | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Match these punctuation marks to their correct definition.
- :
  
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  can introduce lists and provide further explanation ✓
- ;
  
  ⇔
  
  can separate two closely related clauses ✓
- -
  
  ⇔
  
  can introduce extra information as a parentheses when used in pairs ✓
- !
  
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  can indicate an exclamation of some kind ✓
What type of sentence is being described here? 'A sentence made up of a main clause and a subordinate clause.'
- 'Complex sentence' ✓
Which punctuation mark is being described here? 'A piece of punctuation that can separate two closely related clauses.'
- 'semicolon' ✓
What is being described here: 'Words or phrases used as an exclamation to show emphasis or emotion e.g. ‘Goodness me!’?
- 'interjection' ✓
'Initially' and 'Firstly' are discourse markers that would be good for...
- beginning a point. ✓
- concluding a point.
- introducing evidence.
- introducing an example.
Laura wrote a persuasive speech where she began several sentences with the phrase 'We must act now,'. What device has Laura used?
- Anaphora ✓
- Onomatopoeia
- Alliteration
- Personification