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title: Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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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# Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

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The 15 questions of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 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/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t1/) — Your mate says, "You're born a writer or you're not, end of." Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t2/) — Reggie, Gen Alpha: "I'll copy the whole first chapter of a book, it's giving genius." What is the problem? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t3/) — What would happen to a story with no tension at all? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t4/) — Which line is "telling", not "showing"? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t5/) — A cartoon writes a conversation on one line with no speech marks. Fix it. — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t6/) — Nan in Cork: "Ah, that story's grand, a stór, but the ending's a bit weak." ("Grand" means fine; "a stór" is Irish for my darling.) What should you do? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t7/) — Which opening uses a question hook? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t8/) — A story ends: "…and the 'monster' in the attic was Grandad's old radio." What kind of ending is this? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t9/) — Ollie, rough: "Edit? Nah mate, it's done, I ain't checking nowt." ("Nowt" means nothing.) Why is he wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t10/) — Which reply to a friend's story is the most useful? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/t11/) — Which ONE sentence has a hook, shows a feeling and has correct dialogue? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/e1/) — Identify the practice of observing the techniques employed by an author with a view to employing them oneself. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/e2/) — Select the response that most accurately characterises a "twist". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/e3/) — It is given that a pupil must report one event to a friend and to the head teacher. Determine the appropriate course. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/e4/) — Ascertain which of the following constitutes "showing" rather than "telling". — wrong ✗ · exam

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