Question 1: Identify two different sentence types used in the extract and explain their effect on the reader.

Answer: Possible responses include the use of short sentences to create tension and long, descriptive sentences to emphasise bleakness.

Question 2: Find an example of a rhetorical question in the extract. What is its purpose?

Answer: To engage the reader and highlight the hopelessness of the situation.

Question 3: Choose the correct answer: Which sentence type predominantly conveys the tone of despair in the extract?

Answer: d) Rhetorical questions

Question 4: Analyse the sentence: ‘The government’s message was clear: compliance was mandatory, and resistance was futile.’ What grammatical features are used to emphasise the message?

Answer: The sentence uses a colon to introduce the statement, and the parallel structure of 'compliance was mandatory, and resistance was futile' to reinforce the authoritative tone.

Question 5: Rewrite the following sentence as a question: 'Hope was a distant memory.'

Answer: Was hope a distant memory?

Question 6: Identify any command or imperative sentence in the extract and discuss its purpose.

Answer: The extract does not contain an explicit command; however, the tone suggests authoritative commands through statements about compliance which serve to reinforce control and conformity.

Question 7: Create a short paragraph using two different sentence types to describe a dystopian future of your own invention.

Answer: Student to produce a paragraph demonstrating understanding of sentence variety, including both simple and complex sentences.

Question 8: Identify the use of any stylistic devices in the extract, such as repetition or parallelism, and explain their impact.

Answer: Parallelism in 'compliance was mandatory, and resistance was futile' emphasises the powerlessness of individuals and the omnipresence of control.