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WorksheetsEAC: RHD Meta-language Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A word that names things: people, places, objects, activities, feelings, ideas, etc.
a)
noun
b)
pronoun
c)
determiner
d)
adverb
2.
A word that relates nouns to other elements, for example in time or place.
a)
Adjective
b)
adverb
c)
preposition
d)
verb
3.
Hedging is...
a)
language to increase the force in our statements
b)
an objective factual style of writing
c)
something we do in the garden
d)
language we use to express caution in our statements
4.
Passive voice is...
a)
language we use to shift the focus from the agent to the action
b)
language we use to shift the focus from the action to the agent
c)
language to describe methods
d)
a very lazy speaker
5.
A word that functions to specify the time, place or manner of the verb.
a)
verb
b)
adjective
c)
adverb
d)
conjunction
6.
Directives are...
a)
found on movie sets
b)
language to increase the force of the idea
c)
language that signposts the organisation of a text
d)
language that guides the reader to think/act in a certain way
7.
A word that joins one clause to another, or one word to another.
a)
conjunction
b)
preposition
c)
adjective
d)
verb
8.
Self-citation is...
a)
language to increase the power of an idea
b)
when writers cite their own previous work
c)
an act of an ego-maniac
d)
when researchers use pronouns to refer to themselves in their text
9.
A word that can replace nouns and noun phrases.
a)
adjectives
b)
determiner
c)
pronouns
d)
verbs
10.
Impersonalisation is...
a)
a sense of distance created when writers avoid mentioning themselves
b)
the distance writers want to maintain between their feelings and the cruel comments made by peer reviewers
c)
when writers cite their own previous work
d)
the heavy use of nouns and noun phrases in writing.
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