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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 a 'theme' in a text?

An underlying idea or message the text exploresThe main character's nameA list of events in orderThe setting where a story takes place

2. What is 'persuasive writing' trying to do?

Describe a scene in as much visual detail as possibleSimply record facts with no particular viewpointTell a story purely for entertainmentConvince the reader to agree with a point of view or take an action

3. What is a 'thesis statement'?

A quote taken from another textA sentence that clearly states the main argument of an essayThe final sentence of any paragraphThe title of an essay

4. What is a 'protagonist'?

The main character a story followsThe final sentence of a storyA character or force that opposes the main characterThe narrator of a non-fiction text

5. What does 'third person point of view' mean?

The story is told using 'he', 'she' or 'they', from outside the charactersThe story is addressed directly to the reader as 'you'The story is told using 'I' or 'we'The story has no characters at all

6. What is a 'motif'?

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

7. What is 'irony'?

The main argument of an essayA comparison using 'like' or 'as'A word that repeats throughout a textWhen what happens is different from, or the opposite of, what was expected

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

The order events are described inA type of rhyme schemeThe level of formality used, adjusted for the audience and situationThe main topic being discussed

9. What is the difference between a text's 'subject' and its 'theme'?

The subject only applies to non-fiction textsA theme is always stated directly in the titleSubject and theme are two words for exactly the same thingThe subject is what it's literally about, the theme is the deeper idea or message it explores

10. Why might a writer choose an unreliable narrator?

To avoid needing a main character at allTo make the reader question what's really true, adding tension or a twistTo make sure every detail in the story is completely accurateBecause it's required for all first person narration

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