Types of text

Description

Level 2 Communication
Lynsey Maginnes
Quiz by Lynsey Maginnes, updated more than 1 year ago
Lynsey Maginnes
Created by Lynsey Maginnes about 6 years ago
3063
3

Resource summary

Question 1

Question
What is the purpose of informative text?
Answer
  • To persuade you to buy something
  • To describe how a scene might look in a novel
  • To provide clear facts about something
  • To tell you how to do something

Question 2

Question
What is this text passage trying to persuade you to do?
Answer
  • To go on holiday
  • To make some home improvements
  • To take out a loan with the advertising loan company
  • To buy something you’ve always wanted

Question 3

Question
What type of text is the following passage?
Answer
  • Descriptive
  • Instructive
  • Informative
  • Persuasive

Question 4

Question
Why is this car insurance company giving away a brand new car?
Answer
  • To help customers to replace cars more than 6 years old
  • To persuade you to take out car insurance with this company
  • To help customers afford a new car
  • To persuade customers to have environmentally-friendly cars

Question 5

Question
What type of text would you need to use to tell someone how to wire a plug?
Answer
  • Persuasive
  • Instructive
  • Informative
  • Descriptive

Question 6

Question
What feature of persuasive text is not used in this text?
Answer
  • Capital letters
  • Exclamation marks
  • Humour
  • Rhetorical questions

Question 7

Question
What is the purpose of the following passage of text?
Answer
  • To inform the reader that bleeding needs to be controlled
  • To describe the scene of an accident
  • To persuade the reader to attend a First Aid course
  • To instruct you on what to do if you come across an accident

Question 8

Question
Why might a personal loan company include the following line in their advertisement?
Answer
  • Why might a personal loan company include the following line in their advertisement?
  • To persuade you to take out a loan for £5 000
  • To inform you that your loan application will be accepted
  • To describe the range of services offered by the company

Question 9

Question
Which of the following are not normally used in descriptive texts?
Answer
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Step by step action to be taken by the reader
  • Comparisons to enable the reader to picture something

Question 10

Question
Which of the following is not a piece of text?
Answer
  • An email
  • A newspaper article
  • A portrait
  • An advertisement
Show full summary Hide full summary

Similar

English Language Techniques
lewis001
Using GoConqr to teach English literature
Sarah Egan
Using GoConqr to study English literature
Sarah Egan
New English Literature GCSE
Sarah Egan
A Level: English language and literature techniques = Structure
Jessica 'JessieB
A Level: English language and literature technique = Dramatic terms
Jessica 'JessieB
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
K d
English Speech Analysis Terminology
Fionnghuala Malone
English Literary Terminology
Fionnghuala Malone
To Kill A Mockingbird GCSE English
naomisargent
Bayonet Charge flashcards
katiehumphrey