Structuring effective arguments | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which of the following can you do to create an engaging opening?

• reveal the topic gradually

• include a shift in tone

• reveal your viewpoint in the first sentence

• use emotive language to create empathy

Answer explanation

To create an engaging opening, you can: reveal the topic gradually; include a shift in tone and/or use emotive language to create empathy.

What does 'cohesion across a text' mean? Pick the most appropriate answer.

• the whole text making sense to the reader, so that the message is conveyed

• the whole text having a beginning, middle and end - each section being distinct

• the whole text being a united piece, in which one paragraph supports another

• the whole text has only one idea that is carried throughout

Answer explanation

A text with cohesion is a united text, in which each paragraph supports the next one. Ideas are carried across the text to create a 'thread' that runs throughout.

Which of the following can be used as a synonym for 'criminal?'

• malnourished

• malpractice

• malefactor

• malevolent

• malarky

Answer explanation

Malefactor can be used as a synonym for criminal.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A call to action can be used to tell the reader...

• exactly how to help the writer's cause

• what the writer has done so far to help the cause

• further information about the writer's actions

• who can help the writer in their cause

Answer explanation

A call to action is used to tell the reader or audience exactly what they can do to support the cause. It must be specific.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following are effective ways of creating cohesion across a text?

• using a simile

• using direct address

• referring back to previous ideas

• opening with a hook

• mirroring

Answer explanation

You can use mirroring, or refer back to previous ideas and examples from earlier in your writing.

Which of these is the least engaging opening?

• Picture this: it's 8pm on a freezing, frigid night. You're cold, you're tired...

• Have you ever found yourself without a roof over your head?

• I am here to discuss the crisis of homelessness with you...

• Imagine having no warm bed to clamber into after a long, hard day...

Answer explanation

This is the least engaging opening because it reveals the topic immediately, without making the audience think first.