Styles of Writing
Grammar
Past Exam Questions
Examples from Class
All Things USA
100

The reversed shape used to describe how news articles are organised

What is the inverted pyramid structure?

100

You need to improve (your [or] you're) time management.

What is your?

100

(2011 Question B) Write two ________, one shortly before and one shortly after your journey to Dublin.

What are diary entries?

100

We wrote a diary entry about the song "Audition" from La La Land, and the song includes the line "Here's to the fools who _______"

What is dream?

100

The most popular Thanksgiving pie flavour.

What is pumpkin pie?

200

They include the author’s personal perspective on the topic while displaying a wide-ranging familiarity with the history or scope of the topic

What is a feature article?

200

(She [or] her) and her friend came over to my house for a movie night.

What is she?

200

(2018 Text 2) Based on your experience of second level education, write a/an __________, suitable for publication in a national newspaper, in which you acknowledge what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the education you have received.

What is an opinion piece?

200

Charlie's monologue from the end of Perks of Being a Wallflower includes the line 'in this moment we are______'

What is infinite?

200

The state I am from.

What is Kansas?

300

salutation and subscription are elements of this style of writing 

What is letter writing?

300

The child was greatly (effected [or] affected) by the addition of a new sibling.

What is affected?

300

(2020 Text 2) Write the text of the ______ you would give to the listeners in which you: describe how you felt on the night before you left on your journey, tell listeners about some of your adventures, and explain how you have benefitted from the experience. 

What is a talk?

300

The British writer we talked about who kept a diary for 30 years of her life.

Who is Virginia Woolf?

300

The NFL team Travis Kelce pays for.

What are the Kansas City Chiefs?

400

The term for a type of language radio talks often include that means special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

What is jargon?

400

The football team (is [or] are) taking off their helmets for the national anthem.

What is 'is'?

400

(2022 Composition 4) Write a _________ in which you reflect on our fascination with all things fashionable and explore the stories we tell about ourselves, intentionally or unintentionally, through our fashion choices.

What is a feature article?

400

The song Chappell Roan says 'pushed the snowball off the mountain' in her rising success as a artist

What is 'Casual'?

400

The state Chappell Roan is from.

What is Missouri?

500

The meaning of 'P.S.' written at the end of a letter.

What is postscript?
500
All of the class (was [or] were) sick.

What is was?

500

The marking scheme used to mark Question B answers (PCLM)

What is purpose, coherence, language, and mechanics?

500

The title of the example feature article we looked at regarding fashion ('The _______ Ban') 

What is 'The Burkini Ban'?

500

The city where La La Land is set.

What is Los Angeles?

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