11 EnB Term 2 Review

The unit we are currently studying is about

• how plastics are produced and recycled.

• the world's oceans and how to find them on a map.

• pollution in the oceans.

• the negative effects of plastic pollution in marine environments and strategies to address the problem.

The IB DP theme this unit is based on is

• Identities

• Experiences

• Human Ingenuity

• Social Organisation

• Sharing the Planet

The text type that you will produce for the assessment task is a

• letter to the editor

• essay

• persuasive speech

• blog

The purpose of a persuasive speech is to

• inform and explain.

• inform and persuade.

• persuade.

• describe and persuade.

True or False? A persuasive speech will have an appropriately serious tone and will use semi-formal to formal register.

• True

• False

Select the correct answer/s. The conventions for a persuasive speech are:

• addressing the audience in a semi-formal to informal tone and including the audience by using personal pronouns like 'you' and 'we'.

• catching the audience's attention at the outset and leave a clear impression at the end.

• using speech rhetoric.

• using emotional language.

Which of the following are examples of speech rhetoric?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• The use of stereotypes and clichés

• Rhetorical questions

The Rule of Three, with regard to persuasive writing, means

• to divide your speech on the page into three sections.

• to have three points in your argument.

• to use the short patterning that the brain likes to your advantage by breaking a sentence as well as an argument into three ideas.

• to write your first draft then cut it down by a third when you edit it.

True or False? You must submit a draft persuasive speech, a final persuasive speech, and a persuasive video for your assessment tasks for this unit.

• True

• False

The due date for your draft persuasive speech is Friday (a)   February.