Discursive Quiz

Discursive Quiz

10th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Discursive Quiz

Discursive Quiz

Assessment

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English

10th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.3, RI.9-10.4, RI. 9-10.8

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A discursive text is:

a fictional text

a text that persuades the reader towards a specific perspective

a text that presents multiple perspectives on a topic

a non-fiction text

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following techniques is LEAST appropriate in discursive texts?

rhetorical questions

imperative command

anecdote

allusion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False?

Discursive texts must use a formal register.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What gives the following quotation a discursive feel: "we’re conditioned to believe that this is just ‘English teacher speak’ and disregard it, but, in a strange reality, it is truth"?

Its use of imperative command

Its use of high modality language

The inclusive informal tone

The use of quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The structure of a discursive text includes:

the use of in media res

an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion

Neither. Discursive texts have no structure

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Shifting perspective through growth:

allows the reader to share the developing perspective

changes a discursive text to a persuasive text

still acknowledges multiple perspectives

changes a discursive text into a creative text

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following terms to their definitions:

three structurally parallel words, phrases or clauses

Apophasis

building a list of words to emphasise the connection between the words

Tricolon

Asking a question and then answering it straight away

Accumulation

raising an issue or subject by claiming not to talk about it

Hypophora

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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