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title: Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries

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The 14 questions of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t1/) — «Surely you agree?» Does the writer want an actual answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t2/) — ★★ Which headline is best for an article about a dog that found a lost child? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t3/) — ★★ Which line belongs in a diary, not a newspaper? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t4/) — ★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best sand on Earth!» Which part can be checked as a fact? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t5/) — ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.» Paper B: «City deserved their 2–1 win over Rovers.» What is the one fact both agree on? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t6/) — «this letter ate, it's so convincing». What should you add to make this a good comment? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t7/) — In a cartoon, a newspaper headline says «MAN BITES DOG!» and everyone believes it at once. What should a careful reader do? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t8/) — What would happen to a newspaper article with no quotes from anyone? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t9/) — Mia writes a persuasive letter: «Give us a pet hamster. It's good.» How could she make it more persuasive? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t10/) — «Dear Diary, I'm gutted, we lost again.» What does gutted mean? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/e1/) — Identify the persuasive device employed in the sentence «Surely you agree?» — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the opening paragraph of a newspaper article? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion «Everyone knows homework is pointless». — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/e4/) — Ascertain the feature by which a diary may most readily be distinguished from a newspaper report. — right ✓ · exam

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