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English (Eduqas)
Spoken language: the language of change

Starter quiz

  • When writing a comparative response, you should aim to...
    • explore the differences in the texts.
    • explore the similarites in the texts.
    • explore both similarities and differences in the text.  ✓
    • focus only on one text.
  • In her 'Letter to the Dreamers', Serena Williams uses a first person perspective. Which quote is an example of this?
    • "We must continue to dream big."  ✓
    • "When I was growing up, I had a dream."  ✓
    • "To all incredible women who strive for excellence."
    • "[w]omen have to break down many barriers on the road to success."
  • In her speech 'Freedom or Death', Emmeline Pankhurst uses direct address. Which one of these quotes is an example of this?
    • "It is about eight years since the word militant was first"
    • "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"
    • "No man was ever put out of a public meeting for asking a question"
    • "You have to make more noise than anybody else"  ✓
    • ''That is the whole history of politics.''
  • “We were called militant, and we were quite willing to accept the name”, is an example of …
    • first person  ✓
    • direct address
    • collective pronouns  ✓
    • metaphor
  • Comparative conjunctions can be used to make comparisons clear. Which one of these is not a comparative conjunction.
    • However
    • Either  ✓
    • Similarly
    • Equally
    • Whereas
  • Conjunctions can be used to make close comparisons. ______ conjunctions come in pairs.
    • 'Correlative' ✓
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