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📝 English, Years 9 and 10

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What is 'narrative structure'?

The way events in a story are organised and orderedThe list of characters in a playThe grammar rules of a languageThe font a book is printed in

2. What is a 'theme' in a text?

The setting where a story takes placeAn underlying idea or message the text exploresThe main character's nameA list of events in order

3. What is 'register' in writing or speech?

The main topic being discussedThe order events are described inThe level of formality used, adjusted for the audience and situationA type of rhyme scheme

4. What is a 'motif'?

A character who narrates the storyAn idea or image that repeats throughout a text, reinforcing a themeA single, one-off comparison in a poemThe opening sentence of a novel

5. What is 'foreshadowing'?

A hint earlier in a text about something that will happen laterA summary placed at the very end of a storyA character's private thoughts spoken aloudThe moment a story's tension is at its highest

6. Why is citing evidence important in an essay, beyond just stating an opinion?

It replaces the need for a clear argument entirelyIt shows the argument is grounded in something beyond the writer's personal view, making it more convincingIt makes the essay reach the required word countOpinions are always more convincing without any evidence

7. Why might a writer switch from third person to first person part way through a text?

It has no real effect on how the reader experiences the textBecause it is a common grammar mistake to avoidTo change perspective deliberately, perhaps to bring the reader closer to one character's inner thoughtsIt is required whenever a story includes dialogue

8. Why do essays usually end with a conclusion rather than just stopping after the last point?

Conclusions exist only to meet a minimum word countTo introduce a brand new argument for the first timeBecause essays are required to have exactly three paragraphsTo draw the argument together and restate its significance, not just repeat it

9. What is the difference between citing evidence fairly and cherry picking evidence?

They are two names for exactly the same practiceCherry picking always uses more sources than fair citingFair citing never involves quoting a source directlyCiting fairly represents the range of evidence available, cherry picking selects only what supports one view

10. What is the difference between 'irony' and simple bad luck or coincidence?

Irony usually involves a meaningful contrast between expectation and reality, coincidence is just an unplanned eventIrony and coincidence are exactly the same thingCoincidence always involves a deliberate contrast, unlike ironyIrony can only occur in comedic writing, never in tragedy

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