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Public, personal or private text?

Sarah Holmes 10 questions

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  1. 1When trying to work out whether the text you are looking at is a speech, letter or diary entry where should you look for clues?Image for question 1
    1. AThe start
    2. BThe ending
    3. CThe main body of the text
    4. DThe opening paragraph
  2. 2Look at these openings from various texts. They are all from either letters, speeches or diary entries. Drag and drop the correct label to identify each extract.Image for question 2
    1. ASpeech
    2. Bletter
    3. Ca letter
    4. Ddiary entry
    5. Espeech extract
    6. Fdiary extract
    7. Gdiary
    8. Hletter extract
  3. 3Look at this extract from a speech given by Tony Blair at the Labour party Conference. Choose the correct language feature from the drop-down menus to show the rhetorical devices being used here.Image for question 3
    1. Athree-part list
    2. Brepetition
    3. Calliteration
    4. Dalliteration
    5. Eemotive language
    6. Finteresting adjectives
    7. Gshort sentence
    8. Hvaried sentence structures
    9. Iidentifying with the audience
    10. Jrepetition
    11. Kthree-part list
    12. Lfirst-person singular pronoun
    13. Mrepetition
    14. Nalliteration
    15. Oshort sentences
    16. Pimagery through metaphor
    17. Qimagery through simile
    18. Rimagery through personification
    19. Sthree-part list
    20. Talliteration
    21. Uemotive language
    22. Vjuxtaposition
    23. Wrepetition
    24. Xalliteration
    25. Yrepetition of plural pronoun
    26. Zrepetition of singular pronoun
    27. AArepetition of 3rd person pronoun
    28. ABrepetition
    29. ACalliteration
    30. ADemotive language
  4. 4Which of the following are the most common purposes for speeches?Image for question 4
    1. ATo persuade
    2. BTo argue
    3. CTo narrate
    4. DTo describe
    5. ETo explore
  5. 5We refer to letters as being personal texts because they are always written from one person to just one other.Image for question 5
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6Read this letter from a soldier who served in the first World War and then drag and drop the annotations to show what we learn about the writer and recipient of this letter.Image for question 6
    1. AThey are not well known to each other
    2. BThey know one another very well
    3. CKelly owes Clare a debt of gratitude
    4. DKelly likes Clare
    5. EKelly is an officer
    6. FKelly is just one of the men
    7. GClare is to be promoted to officer rank
    8. HClare is to face disciplinary action
    9. IKelly treats the men with respect
    10. JKelly is aloof from the men
    11. KKelly received a serious injury
    12. LKelly's injury was not serious
    13. MKelly is ashamed of the way he behaved
    14. NKelly is criticising Clare
    15. OThey understand the conditions
    16. PThey are in different situations
    17. QKelly adopts a friendly tone
    18. RKelly remains formal
  7. 7When should you end a letter with 'yours sincerely'Image for question 7
    1. AWhen you know the name of the person you are writing to
    2. BWhen you don't know the name of the person you are writing to
    3. CWhen you are writing to a company
    4. DWhen you are writing a love letter
  8. 8Which of the following features would you expect to find in a diary?Image for question 8
    1. AIncomplete sentences
    2. BSlang terms
    3. CTechnical jargon
    4. DExpressions of emotions
    5. ELack of contextual information
    6. FA named reader
    7. GRhetorical devices
    8. HDirect address
  9. 9This extract comes from a diary written by Lt. Edwin Jones, an officer who saw action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. It provides a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a junior officer at the time. This extract was written on Christmas day 1915.

    Choose from the drop down menus to annotate the extract to show how the language features reflect the personality, attitude, values and emotions of the writer.    Image for question 9
    1. AMaintains persepctive
    2. BIs an idealist
    3. CTrying to escape horrors of war
    4. DFeels hard-done by
    5. EAccepts the privations of war
    6. FRebels against privations of war
    7. GFeels affectionate towards the men
    8. HPatronises the men
    9. IDislikes the men
    10. JExcited about being abroad
    11. KBehaves badly abroad
    12. LDislikes being abroad
    13. MSeems naive
    14. NCritical of the locals
    15. OResentful
    16. PSelf-mcoking
    17. QDefensive
    18. RIn denial
    19. SHas found this all exciting
    20. TIs confused by the experience
    21. UIs very drunk!
    22. VRecognises injustice in the army
    23. WAccepts the military hierarchy
    24. XIs angry about this
  10. 10Diaries are never intended to be read by anyone other than the writer.Image for question 10
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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A multiple question quiz testing learners' understanding of the features of speeches, letters and diaries as public, personal a private texts.
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