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As General Paper Discursive
Quiz
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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
+11
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of discursive pieces?
To push one argument
To discurse and discourse
To discuss a wide range of ideas
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:
Anecdote
Expert Quote
Event
Decisive argument
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What discursive writing techniques are in the following:
"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
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is the following:
"On May 26, I woke up to the news that an African American man named George Floyd, 46 years old, was killed 12 blocks from my home—in front of Cup Foods, an Arab-American mom-and-pop corner store my family and I would infrequently patronize, one of the only ones still standing in our expeditiously gentrifying neighborhood."
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL. 11-12.9
5.
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 Sterling. I am Oscar Grant. I am Trayvon Martin. I am Emmett Till."
Awkward
Historical references
Anecdote
Repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are statues being torn down around the world as a result of the George Floyd protests?
Evaluate responses using AI:
OFF
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What persuasive technique is the following:
"Starved and beaten, the poor puppy would have died a miserable death without your help."
Emotive language
Hyperbole
Truncated sentences
Third person language
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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