Appeals
Parts of Speech
Persuasive Techniques
Narrative
Random English questions
100

Name one appeal beginning with 'p' used when trying to persuade.

Appeal to patriotism

100

What parts of speech are the words:
reading and cycling?

Verbs
(would also accept adjectives)

100

Name 2 persuasive language techniques that can fall under the type called 'logos'.

Can be any 2 of the following: use of an expert, use of statistics, evidence, research, anecdotal evidence, use of a case study.

100

What is the first part of a narrative called?

orientation or exposition

100

What is alliteration?

The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the start of consecutive or closely connected words

200

What appeal tries to make the reader feel like a new way is better than the old way?

Appeal to being modern and up to date

200

What part of speech are the words:
quickly and silently?

Adverbs

200

Why might you use inclusive language?

To engage the reader and make them feel a part of the issue - to involve or even implicate

200

What is the last part of a narrative called?

resolution or denouement

200

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Similes make comparisons using 'like' or 'as', whereas metaphors make comparisons by referring to one thing as another

300

What appeal tries to arouse anger because someone has been treated harshly or inequitably?

Appeal to a sense of justice

300

What part of speech are the words:
hope and happiness? (Be specific)

Abstract nouns

300

What is hyperbole?

Use of deliberate exaggeration

300

What is the term given to the main character of a story?

Protagonist

300

What is the name (metalanguage) for the character who opposes the main character?

Antagonist

400

What type of appeal often romanticises the past and rejects modern ways of doing things?

Appeal to tradition and custom

400

Provide three first-person pronouns.

I, me, my, mine, we, ours, us

400

What technique positions readers to judge others in narrow, stereotypical ways?

Generalisation
400

Structurally, what do you need to do when there is a new speaker in a narrative?

Start a new line for the new character's dialogue

400

What is the name given to the parts of speech 'the', 'an' and 'a'?

Articles

500

Name two appeals beginning with the letter 'f'.

Appeal to fear
Appeal to financial security

500

Name three coordinating conjunctions?

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

500

Name the two techniques that ask the reader to draw comparisons to either draw conclusions based on their similarities or to illustrate a point.

Analogy and simile

500

A narrative that begins and ends with the same scene is called a ................... narrative?

Circular narrative

500

"Boom" "Crack" "Pow"
These are all examples of what?

Onomatopoeia