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Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability
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Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability
🤔 Part 1: Understanding Rhetorical Questions
1. What is a rhetorical question? Circle the best answer:
A question that needs a long answer
A question asked to make a point, not to get an answer
A question only teachers can ask
A question about maths
2. Fill in the blanks:
Rhetorical questions are used to make people _________ or _________ something. They help make writing more ____________.
🌱 Part 2: Identifying Rhetorical Questions
3. Read this passage about sustainability at school. Underline or highlight the rhetorical questions:
Our school uses lots of water every day. Should we waste water when it helps our planet? We could turn off taps properly and fix leaky pipes. Don't we all want a cleaner school? Students can help by not leaving taps running. How much water do you think we waste each week? When we save water, we help the environment. Isn't it time we all did our part?
4. How many rhetorical questions did you find in the passage above?
♻️ Part 3: Creating Your Own Rhetorical Questions
5. Write two rhetorical questions about recycling at school:
Question 1: _________________________________________________
Question 2: _________________________________________________
6. Choose the sustainability topics you could write rhetorical questions about (tick all that apply):
Saving electricity
Reducing rubbish
Protecting animals
Growing school gardens
Walking or cycling to school
🎯 Part 4: Matching Activity
7. Match each rhetorical question with its purpose:
1. "Don't we all care about our planet?"
2. "How can we ignore this problem?"
3. "Isn't it time for change?"
4. "Why would we waste resources?"
A. To encourage action
B. To make people feel guilty about ignoring something
C. To make people think about waste
D. To get people to agree they care
✍️ Part 5: Writing Challenge
8. Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) about sustainability at your school. Include at least one rhetorical question:
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9. How do rhetorical questions make readers feel? Explain in your own words:
🌟 Part 6: Reflection
10. Circle how confident you feel about using rhetorical questions:
Very confident - I can create and identify them easily
Quite confident - I understand most of it
A bit confident - I need more practice
Not confident - I need help
11. Write one rhetorical question that would make people think about caring for the environment:
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