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Transactional writing: writing to argue or persuade
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is the main purpose of a piece of persuasive writing?

  1. To tell an entertaining story about imagined characters
  2. To list facts without expressing any opinion
  3. To describe a place in vivid sensory detail
  4. To convince the reader to accept a particular point of view
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✓ Answer: D — To convince the reader to accept a particular point of view
Award 1 mark. Everything in the piece, from vocabulary to structure, should serve that goal. Writing that merely lists facts belongs to the purpose of informing.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is a rhetorical question?

  1. A question placed at the end of every paragraph
  2. A question that can only be answered yes or no
  3. A question asked for effect rather than to get an answer
  4. A question the writer answers immediately with statistics
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✓ Answer: C — A question asked for effect rather than to get an answer
Award 1 mark. It nudges the reader into agreeing with a point they supply themselves, as in Who would want that for their own children? Its power fades quickly if it is overused.
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