Paper 1 Items
Story Writing
Report Writing
Persuasive Writing
Summary Writing
100

The meaning of the cliché "Time heals all wounds". (Wording of answer may vary)

What is "things will get better as time passes"? 

100

The time and place a story takes place.

What is the setting?

100

This part of a report indicates who, what, when, where and why.

What is the introduction?

100

The claim and main points written towards the end of the introduction.

What is the thesis?

100

The word limit for the summary.

What is 120 words?

200

The redundancy in the sentence "The ATM machine is broken again".

What is "ATM machine"?

200

The way that authors reveal the personalities of characters.

What is characterization?

200

This tone is needed when writing a report.

What is a formal tone?

200

This is needed at the start of the introduction. 

What is a hook?

200

A word or phrase used to show the relationship between ideas.

What is a transitional word/phrase?

300

The literary device in the statement "Officer Ronald got his licence suspended because of unpaid parking tickets."

What is "situational irony"?

300

The message of a work of literature that is not directly stated. 

What is the theme?

300

Full words should be used instead of these two shortened forms.

What are contractions and abbreviations?

300

The meaning of P.E.E. in argumentative/persuasive writing.

What is Point, Evidence, Explanation?

300

This is done to put the main ideas of the passage into your own words.

What is paraphrasing?

400

The synonyms in the sentence "Larry's family did not make a lot growing up so when he got older he worked hard to accumulate a fortune."

What is "make" and "accumulate"?

400

The general perspective that a story is told from.

What is point of view/narrative voice?


400

Reports should be written from this perspective. (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person)

What is third person?

400

The main function of the conclusion.

What is restate the main points?

400

This is needed apart from the main ideas for summary writing.

What is supporting details?

500

The error in the sentence "Having seen the weather forecast, we decided to postpone our trip to the beach." 

What is "no error"?

500

The author's use of hints about what is to come in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

500

This type of informal words/language should be avoided in report writing.

What is slang or colloquialism?

500

This persuasive technique groups three words, ideas or phrases for added effect.

What is tricolon?

500

Three things that should be omitted from summaries. (Answers may vary)

What are lists, extended explanations, examples, repetition/redundancies, statistics, etc.?