Discursive Writing

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English
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10th - 11th Grade
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Hard
phoebe oakley
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of discursive pieces of writing?
To discuss a wide range of ideas
to discurse and discourse
to push one argument
to analyse how an event has shaped the world
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
which of the following DO NOT belong at the beginning of a discursive piece of writing:
expert quote
fact/statistic
anecdote
decisive argument
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What discursive technique/s are used: "I am asking you to help him. I am asking you to help me. I am asking you to help us black people in America".
grouping of three
anaphora
repetition
emotive language
all of the above
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is used? "We sit there, against the backs of our chairs now, a little disappointed with each other's company. Perhaps disappointed is too strong. Disconcerted might be the better word. We are looking at each other across a gulf of incomprehension. We are concerned that one of us is a liar and the other a denier."
simile
repetition
exaggeration
personal pronoun
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is this an example of: "Homework is boring, dull and uninteresting"
anaphora
hyperbole
group of three
anecdore
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the most significant technique in the following excerpt: "I am George Floyd. I am Ahmaud Arbery. I am Tamir Rice. I am Eric Garner. I am Philando Castile. I am Alton Serling. I am Oscar Grant. I am Trayvon Martin. I am Emmett Till."
anecdote
awkward
historical references
repetition
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which persuasive technique is this: when you pick holes in your opposition's argument so that your point of view sounds better.
rhetorical questions
criticise other points of view
groups of three
emotive language
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