Unit 2: Non-literary Text Types
Topic 2.1: Advertising & persuasion Questions
Practice 20 exam-style questions for IB English A: Lang & Lit SL Topic 2.1. Review the question stems below, then unlock the full Question Bank to access markschemes, model answers, and AI grading.
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Quick starter — speech techniques that move an audience to act
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Get your eye in — how advertisements persuade (slogan, USP, call to action)
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Test your instinct — how a brochure informs and sells at once
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A quick opener — reading a poster's design, not just its words
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Warm up — how campaign material rallies people to act
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Check your grip on the advertisement. Answer each part.
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Check your grip on the speech. Answer each part.
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Read the short campaign text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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Let's build it up, one step at a time — how a poster's design and words persuade
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Piece it together, step by step — how an advertisement persuades its audience
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One step at a time — how campaign material uses rhetoric to move people to act
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Work through it in small steps — how a speaker moves an audience to act
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Take it step by step — how a leaflet blends information and persuasion
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Read the short poster text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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Read the short leaflet text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)
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Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time.
Guiding question: How does the leaflet combine information and persuasion to appeal to its reader?
Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.
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Guiding question: How do the poster's words and design work together to persuade?
Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.
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Guiding question: How does the campaign material persuade the reader to take action?
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Guiding question: How does the speaker try to move the audience to act?
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Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time.
Guiding question: How do the words and the picture work together to persuade readers to holiday in their own country?
Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.
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