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Year 12 English · Analytical writing: integrating evidence

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which sentence embeds a quotation most fluently?
- ☐ (a) Quote: 'the sky bruised purple'. This is a metaphor.
- ☐ (b) 'The sky bruised purple.' It is a description.
- ☐ (c) The sky is described. 'Bruised purple.'
- ☐ (d) As the sky 'bruised purple', the poem's mood darkens towards violence.
2. What do square brackets show in a quotation?
- ☐ (a) That the quotation is very important
- ☐ (b) That words have been changed or added to fit your sentence
- ☐ (c) That the author made a mistake
- ☐ (d) That the quotation is from a poem
3. Which is the most precise analytical verb to describe an author mocking a society's values through humour?
- ☐ (a) Satirises
- ☐ (b) Says
- ☐ (c) Shows
- ☐ (d) Has
4. Which best describes 'metalanguage'?
- ☐ (a) Very long words
- ☐ (b) Slang
- ☐ (c) Terms used to discuss how language works
- ☐ (d) Words from another language
5. What is missing from: 'The author uses a metaphor in "the city was a cage".'?
- ☐ (a) A quotation
- ☐ (b) Metalanguage
- ☐ (c) An embedded quotation
- ☐ (d) Analysis of the idea or effect
6. What is the name of the three-dot punctuation mark showing words have been omitted? (one word)
7. What do we call language used to talk about language? (one word)
8. Which type of brackets are used to alter a quotation? ______ brackets. (one word)

Answer sheet

1. As the sky 'bruised purple', the poem's mood darkens towards violence. — The quotation sits naturally within a grammatical, analytical sentence.
2. That words have been changed or added to fit your sentence — Brackets mark your own alterations.
3. Satirises — 'Satirises' specifically means using humour or irony to criticise.
4. Terms used to discuss how language works — Metalanguage includes terms like 'metaphor' and 'syntax'.
5. Analysis of the idea or effect — It names the technique but does not explain what it suggests.
6. Ellipsis — An ellipsis marks omitted words.
7. Metalanguage — Metalanguage includes technical terms for literary and linguistic features.
8. Square — Square brackets [ ] mark alterations to quotations.