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IGCSE English Quiz

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    Questions related to the IGCSE English exam
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  • How should you begin the writer's effect answer (paper 1, Q2d)?
    The overall effect of paragraph (number) is to....
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  • What are the 7 non-fiction text types you need to be familiar with for the genre transformation task (paper 1, Q3)?
    Newspaper report, article, letter, interview, speech, journal, report
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  • What are three types of openings for a narrative (paper 2)?
    intriguing statement, shocking admission, introducing main character, setting, dialogue, action, reflective statement
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  • What are three types of endings for a narrative?
    cliff hanger, short piece of dramatic or humorous speech, unexpected/ ironic twist, a return to the beginning, happily ever after, open ending, finality
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  • What is TAP?
    Text type, Audience, Purpose
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  • When do you need to use TAP?
    In Paper 1, Q3, before you start writing
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  • Should you write a narrative in first person or third person?
    It depends
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  • "It's like a million degrees in Europe at the moment" is an example of which literary device?
    Hyperbole
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  • What are three conventions of speeches?
    alliteration, repetition, rule of three, rhetorical questions, personal pronouns, hypophora, colloquial phrases
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  • A fire station burning down is an example of which literary device?
    Irony
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  • Should you always do your homework?
    Yes
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