Chapter 10 Quiz

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. According to your textbook, which of the following best describes texts that report on inquiry tasks?

texts that combine language and image using digital technologies correct incorrect

texts that students read in order to prepare for experiments and other hands-on tasks correct incorrect

texts that represent macrogenres and that are found in textbooks correct incorrect

texts that are produced in response to extended tasks that have the overall purpose of inquiry correct incorrect

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. Texts that require students to research a topic or site in depth using a variety of sources are referred to as

fair tests correct incorrect

design reports correct incorrect

problem-solution reports correct incorrect

investigative reports correct incorrect

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. A text with the following structure - Introduction, Aim, Hypothesis, Equipment & Materials, Method, Results and Conclusion - is likely to be an example of a:

experimental report correct incorrect

fair test correct incorrect

problem-solution report correct incorrect

investigative report correct incorrect

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. According to your textbook, language for expressing field can be represented as three tiers. These are:

language for recounting events, persuading others and explaining why phenomenon occurs correct incorrect

everyday, conversational language, high utility language related to all subjects and technical and specialised language related to particular disciplines correct incorrect

language for expressing abstraction, generalisation and classification correct incorrect

language for questioning, researching and analysing correct incorrect

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. Vocabulary items such as multiply, divide, partition, solve and calculate are likely to belong to which of the following language tier:

Tier 1 – everyday, conversational language that students tend to 'pick-up' correct incorrect

Tier 2 – high-utility language related to school contexts across all subjects correct incorrect

Tier 3 – technical and specialised language specific to particular disciplines correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. TEXT A

Since 1980, the population of the world has increased by 30%, and will continue to grow. With this increase in population has come an increase in numbers of forest products needed, forcing more areas of rainforest to be cut down.

In Text A, the underlined words are an example of:

tier 1 vocabulary correct incorrect

dense noun groups correct incorrect

modality correct incorrect

an abstract noun correct incorrect

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. Which of the following tenor-related language features are relevant to inquiry genres?

Mood correct incorrect

Attitude correct incorrect

Engagement correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. Engagement refers to language resources used for:

sharing feelings, expressing evaluation and judging human behaviour correct incorrect

engaging with others or with alternative perspectives and possibilities correct incorrect

expressing a degree of commitment, ranging from low to high correct incorrect

making statements, asking questions, giving commands and making offers correct incorrect

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. The process in which an idea or event (represented by a clause or clause) is downgraded to a thing (represented by a noun group) is referred to as:

nominalisation correct incorrect

attribution correct incorrect

clause complexing correct incorrect

deconstruction or modelling correct incorrect

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. Text B

Unfortunately, the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons has increased since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This deforestation has led to vast areas of rainforest around the world being cut down.

In Text B, the nominalisation deforestation represents which group of words from the previous sentence represents the process or series of events that have been nominalised?

the gradual clearing correct incorrect

the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons correct incorrect

Unfortunately, the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees for a variety of reasons has increased since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution correct incorrect

the gradual clearing of the land of forests or trees correct incorrect