| Could, should, maybe, would, will, must are all examples of? | Modal verbs. |
| What are modal verbs? | They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, or possibility. |
| List 5 features of a persuasive text. | Possible answers: title, paragraphs, introduction, arguments, conclusion, alliteration, rhetorical questions, emotive language, evaluative adjectives, modal verbs, statistics, expert opinion, present tense, variety of sentence starters. |
| What does 'integrate' mean? (verb) | To combine (one thing) with another to form a whole (e.g. Technology should be integrated into learning at school.) |
| What does 'essential' mean? (adjective) | Absolutely necessary; extremely important. |
| What does 'communicate' mean? (verb) | To share or exchange information, news, or ideas--verbally or non-verbally. |
| What does 'technology' mean? (noun) | Tools and equipment developed through the application of scientific knowledge. |
| What does 'disagree' mean? (verb) | To have or express a different opinion. |
| What does 'Internet' mean? (noun) | A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication tools. |
| What does 'texting' mean? (noun) | The action or practice of sending text messages. |
| What does 'absorbed' mean? (adjective) | Having one's attention fully engaged; greatly interested or distracted. |
| What does 'dangerously' mean? (adverb) | In a way that is able or likely to cause harm or injury, or to cause problems. |
| What does 'tolerate' mean? (verb) | To accept or endure (someone or something unpleasant or disliked) with patience. |
| What does 'aspect' mean? (noun) | A particular part or feature of something. |
| What does 'associated' mean? (adjective) | (Of a person or thing) connected with something else. |
| 'Many happy humans use Facebook and Instagram to get greater friends' includes examples of what figurative language device? | Alliteration. |
| What is a rhetorical question? | A rhetorical question is a question that is not asked in order to receive an answer from the audience or reader. It's just posed to make a point. |
| What is alliteration? | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
| The following words are examples of what: incredible, magnificent, astonishing, appalling, horrendous, and revolting. | Evaluative adjectives. |
| What does 'PEEL' stand for? | Point, evidence, explain, and link. |
| Why is the PEEL paragraph structure useful? | It helps organise our arguments, making them more powerful and persuasive/convincing. |
| What does 'paraphrase' mean? (verb) | To put someone else's words into your own words. |
| What does 'quotation' mean? (noun) | Lines of text copied from another source and placed inside quotation marks (" "). |
| What are 'references'? (noun) | Sources such as books or articles that a person checks or uses during the research stage. |
| What does 'plagiarism' mean? (noun) | Illegally copying someone else's work and presenting it as your own. |
| What does 'abbreviate' mean? (verb) | To provide the short form of a word; e.g. Oct. = October. |
| What does 'acknowledge' mean? (verb) | To recognise or thank someone by name. |
| What does 'align' mean? (verb) | To line-up a section of text (or image) with one side of a page or margin. |
| What does 'alphabetical' mean? (adjective) | Sorting style that uses the alphabet; words starting with "A" go first, for example. |
| What does 'bibliography' mean? (noun) | A detailed and specially formatted list of research sources used. |
| What does 'indent' mean? (verb) | To start a blank section (usually five spaces) before a line of text or new paragraph. |
| What does 'credit' mean? (noun) | Acknowledgment (to acknowledge) of the original creator of a piece of work. |
| What does 'citation' mean? (noun) | A line of text in your 'References' list that details one reference material; a reference to the source of information used in your research. |
| What does 'copyright' mean? (noun) | Gives the author or creator the rights related to selling, publishing, and distributing their work. |
| What is a simile? | Compares two things by using the
words ‘like’ or ’as.’ For example:
Your eyes sparkle like diamonds. |
| What is a metaphor? | Compares one thing to
another without using ‘like’ or ‘as‘. For
example: Laughter is music for the soul. |
| What is personification? | Gives human qualities to
animals, non-living objects
or ideas. For example:
The stars danced in the sky. |
| What is hyperbole? | An obvious exaggeration to
make a point. For example:
She knows everything about math! |
| What is an idiom? | An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the literal meaning of its words. For example: It's water under the bridge. |
| What is onomatopoeia? | A word or phrase that imitates or resembles the actual sound that it describes. |
| What is figurative language? (figuratively) | Language that's intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning. |
| What is literal language? (literally) | Refers to the use of words as they are defined; the opposite of figurative language. |
| What is Slam poetry? | A form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation. |
| What is a sentence? | A set of words that expresses a complete thought. |
| What are the two main parts of a sentence? | Subject and predicate. |
| What is the 'subject' in a sentence? | The part of the sentence that states the who or what the sentence is about. |
| What is the 'predicate' in a sentence? | One or more words, including a verb, that says something about the subject. |
| What is the subject in the following sentence: The plant grew rapidly. | 'plant' is the subject in that sentence. |
| What is the subject in the following sentence: Joe caught the ball. | 'Joe' is the subject in that sentence. |
| What is the predicate in the following sentence: The young boy danced for hours. | 'danced for hours' is the predicate in that sentence. |
| What is the predicate in the following sentence: The volcano erupted. | 'erupted' is the predicate in that sentence. |
| What are the four types of sentences? | Statement, question, exclamation, command. |
| What is a sentence fragment? | A group of words that is not a grammatically complete sentence; usually lacks a subject and/or verb. |
| 'Before I left the house' is an example of a sentence ______________ ? | Fragment. |
| What is a 'phrase' in a sentence? | A group of related words that does not contain both a verb and its subject. |
| What is the phrase in the following sentence: Tom danced without his shoes. | 'without his shoes' is the phrase in that sentence. |
| What is the phrase in the following sentence: Despite Jan's directions, I got lost. | 'Despite Jan's directions' is the phrase in that sentence. |
| What does 'summarise' mean? (verb) | To give a brief statement of the main points of something. |
