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What is meant by 'semantic field'?
What is 'You COULD' an example of?
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1
What is 'You COULD' an example of?
Imperative Verb
Unimportant Verb
Modal Verb
Proper Verb
2
What is meant by 'semantic field'?
The construction of words
Where words go to graze
The figurative meaning of a word
A set of related words sharing a similar theme or idea
3
Which of these is NOT a
motif or symbol
featured in Things Fall Apart? Stretch: why use these?
Locusts and Fire
The Golden Key
Yams
Chi: destiny
4
What is meant by
syntax?
The different types of words
The knowledge that words are all I have to take your heart away
The differences between words
The formation of words to create a sentence
5
Which of the following is
not
a theme found in Things Fall Apart?
Pride and varying interpretations of masculinity
The struggle between change and tradition
The negative effects of Child poverty
Conformity vs Individuality
6
Why does Hamid decide to place Changez's epiphany about his role as janissary in Valpariso, Chile?
It's close to NYC
It is a place ruined by American capitalist ideals
It's a third world country
It's similar to Greece, where Changez and Erica met
7
What do testimonials 'appeal to'?
Time pressure (kairos)
Logic (logos)
Emotion (pathos)
Credibility (ethos)
8
What is it called when the panel spans the width of the page?
Long panel
Storytime
Splash
Bleed
9
What do we call the orange box of text at the top?
narrative
voice over
text box
dialogue
10
Why does CA use 3rd person narrative (w. dialogue and internal monologue), referring to a range of different characters?
He couldn't decide on a first person narrator
He got bored of writing 'I' in his first draft
In an attempt to be objective and let us make our mind up about the issues
Okwonwko wouldn't have been a good narrator
11
What feature is evident here?
Hyperbole
Allusion
Embedded clause
Imagery
12
Why does Satrapi sometimes decide to move from a more realistic art style to something more abstract?
To showcase the variety of her artistic talents
Panel depending: to relay specific emotions, ideas and concepts
To include the icon of 'God'
To mix things up a little
13
What is another stylistic feature for 'word choice'
Graphology
Lexical Choice
Semantic Choice
Syntax
14
"Bittersweet" is an example of...
Oxymoron
Juxtapostion
Contrast
Antithesis
15
'Hard- drive', 'USB' and 'keyboard' are all examples of
Jargon
Triplets
Hyperbole
Imagery
16
Where might you find a teaser?
A graphic novel
A poem
A magazine front cover
A cartoon
17
Which
character trait transformations
of Okonkwo is Achebe NOT highlighting as dangerous in TFA?
Self confidence becoming arragonce
Masculinity into male dominance
Anger transforms into reflection
Physical strength turns into violence towards others
18
What is this panel an extended metaphor for?
Betrayal and hatred
The effects of war
Whiplash
Iran's capacity to continuosly hurt itself
19
Which structural choice does Attwood make in HMT?
The character of Offred
Creating a dystopia
Motifs of flowers
Including the 'Historical Notes'
20
Which of these words is about the
physical characteristics of writing
? (Shape, size, style of text)
Phonology
Morphology
Scientology
Graphology
21
Which of the following is an
adjectival phrase
?
The tidy room...
The dog was smelly...
She wandered slowly...
He was the Queen's favourite son...
22
What words are related to 'cartoonification'?
teaser, heading, caption
ironic, satircal, funny
small, big, medium
simple, iconic, abstract
23
Which of these is NOT a method for analysing
characterisation
Physical description and speech
Inner thoughts
Context
Actions and reactions
24
Which of the following is NOT a
coordinating conjunction?
But
Although
Nor
And
25
Which
feature and evidence
will enable you to come up with the best analysis for Marji's
feeling of loss
in this panel?
The voiceover 'it was the begining of the war'
The visual metaphor of Marji floating in space
The graphic weight of the black background
The spiked voice bubble that says 'Marji, run. We're being bombed!'
26
Which is the best analytical answer?
Gatlin is presented as an intruder
The semantic field of destruction presents Gatlin as someone who ruins.
The verb 'shatter' suggests that Gatlin has broken Bolt's dreams
Verbs are used to present Gatlin as a destructive force to 'shatter' dreams
27
What is an invective?
A contrast
Anti-advertising
Abusive or highy critical language
Exaggerated sentences
28
What feature HAS NOT been used here?
Metaphor
Superlative
Declarative
Imagery
29
In 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' what does Erica represent
America
The capitalist side of America
The emotional side of America
Herself?
30
In Graphic Novels, what is a signifier?
Irony
Words
Something that can be seen, heard, touched etc
A symbol
31
What is the definition of 'anthithesis'?
An argument that you don't like
Two contrasting ideas placed near each other
Opposing ideas in the same word
A word containing contrasting meanings
32
Paper 1: What is the
superlative
?
Hotter
Minute
Tiny
Smallest
33
What is the subordinating conjunction?
And
So
Despite
But
34
Which of the following SF category would NOT be suitable for this question?
How does the writer apologise?
Tone and synthetic personalisation
Colour
Register
Rhetorical choices
35
'A sequence of words repeated at the beginning of clauses' is ...
Wizardora
Conotation
Repetition
Anaphora
36
What is the role of Okonkwo's relationship with Ezinma in TFA? Select the best answer
So we can see he likes her
To compare with Nwoye
To convey the theme of gender
To show Okonkwo's value of Masculine virtues & how this is problematic
37
Which of these literary devices are NOT related to narrative perspective?
First person
Setting
Unrealiable
Self concious
38
What is a glittering generality?
Something that attracts attention
A type of rhetorical question
A concept that everyone is thought to agree on
Grouping people together
39
Which of these is NOT a theme in 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'?
Religion
The impact of power and status
Destructive nature of empires
Negative effects of Nostalgia
40
What would NOT be used to create synthetic personalistion?
Rhetorical question
Gutter
Pronouns
Modal verbs
41
Which is NOT a structural feature?
Metaphors
Any changes throughout a text
Cyclical narrative
Freytag's tension pyramid
42
Which of these is NOT a reason for a narrative choice used by Hamid in RF?
Future tense: keeps us engaged
Frame Narrative: Joins the present and past stories of Changez together
Dramatic monologue: shows the Eastern perspective
Second person, unresponsive: we place ourselves as 'the American'
43
What is not a Neologism?
Metrosexual
Chillax
Crowdsourcing
Disgusting
44
Why does Hamid ensure that Changez and Erica meet in Rhodes, Greece?
Another fallen empire, hinting that his relationship with USA will fail
He went there on holiday once
It's full of ruins
It's an exotic setting for the opening of a novel
45
What are the three
main
narrative methods used in Persepolis?
Breaking the fourth wall
Present, past and future
Retrospective voiceover, young Mari speech bubbles and images
Having other characters 'take over' the narration
46
Which of the following
is not
a SF found in poetry?
Elegy
Petrachan Sonnet
Paragraph
Stanza
47
'When a word creates an additional meaning to its literal meaning' this is a..
Connotation
Explanation
Paradox
Collocation
48
Which of the following categories for grouping a text is NOT about language?
Diction / lexis (vocabulary)
Syntax (word order)
Register (formality)
Semantics (connotation)
49
Which of these symbols and motives are NOT found in 'the Reluctant Fundamentalist'?
Erica's manuscript, predator and prey
Focus on the fundamentals
Images of restriction
The beard, the tea
50
Which character is employed to show what Changez, could have become due to class similaraties?
Erika
Chris
Jim
Wainwright
51
What is the
conditional
sentence?
She nearly lost everything
If we act quickly, we'll be OK.
When we were young, we were happy
Although she was little, she was fierce
52
What is meant by 'high modality'?
Explaining what you mean
Having two different purposes
Talking with little confidence
Where the words used reduce the amount of uncertainty
53
Why does Satrapi 'break the fourth wall' in terms of narrative perspective?
To highlight the significant and formative influences in her life
So we pay attention more
To get the reader engaged
To use the versatility of narrative voice in an imaginative way
54
What was Achebe's primary motive for writing Things Fall Apart?
As a sequel to 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad
Gives an authentic African perspective on the colonial history of Nigeria
To show that Okonkwo was unable to cope with changes
Because colonialism was awful
55
Which of these is not a tone likely to be found in a paper 1 text?
Condescending
Tongue in cheek
Contemptuous
Exciting
56
What is satire?
Being mean
Dramatic Irony
Something that is funny
The use of humour to ridicule stupidity
57
Which features ARE not on the scale for 'comic style' and cartoonification?
realistic to iconic
detailed to plain
objective to subjective
complex to simple
58
Which of these sentence types makes a statement of fact?
Inperative
Delcarative
Exclamatory
Interrogative
59
What feature IS NOT in use in this panel?
Symbolism
Emanata
Rhetorical question
Neologism
60
What is the example of an imperative verb?
Told
Discuss
Speaking
Was
61
'Math's innit' (as opposed to Isn't it Maths) is an example of a...
Dialect
Slang
Colloquialism
Dialogue
62
What does the allegory of 'the letter' reveal about class relations in the Iranian revolution?
The always hate each other
Middle Class are superior to the Working Class
WC & Middle Class work together, WC infighting then MC ignores WC
Nothing much
63
What is a
determiner
?
The subject of a sentence
An object, person or place
A word that is an action
A word that introduces a noun (the, every, those)
64
Which of these persuasive methods uses
reason
?
Pathos
Bathos
Ethos
Logos
65
Why does Satrapi use a more simple - iconic - universal - subjective style in her drawings?
To make use think more about the key themes
So we care about Marji more
So we see the character only as Marji and nothing else
To allow us to relate to the emotions experienced by Marji more
66
What does the bread swan symbolise?
Uncle Anoosh's ability to be a hero
It's not a swan, it's a dove
Art & people's capacity to make something beautiful out of something awful
Peace
67
What visual feature has been used here?
Cartoonification
Visual metaphor
Montage
Flashback
68
Which of these terms gives human characteristics to animals?
Personification
Methaphor
Zoomorphism
Anthropomorphism
69
What is this an example of... “Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get.”?
Personification
Anaology
Allusion
Metaphor
70
What is 'Pathetic Fallacy'?
Using verbs more than once
A series of metaphors
A really weak answer
Using the weather to convey mood
71
Which of these characters is NOT a vehicle for conveying a theme in TFA? Consider what CA is saying.
Mr Smith and relationships
Nwoye and religion
Ikemefuma and the rigidity of tradition
Enzinma and gender roles
72
What narrative technique does Achebe NOT use in TFA?
Reoccurring animal imagery and proverbs
Igbo oral folk tale style: referring to past events to pre-empt future ones
Entrances and exits
Third person, omniscient narrator
