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Year 7 Genre Quiz
Year 7 Genre Quiz
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An #English quiz on #genre testing skills on #styles #structure and #effect on reader.
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1
"I find myself thinking, the letters will tell me what to do" is a line from
Listen to the End
The Speckled Band
Death by Scrabble
Meat
2
what does PEAL stand for?
pears, eggs, apples, lemons
point, everything, analyse, lie
Peter eats angry lions
point, evidence, analysis, link
3
which context are we looking at in this unit?
Historical
Social
Literary
Political
4
Tension means
a strained state or condition
mental or emotional strain
the state of being stretched tight
underlying problems between people
5
Which point is
NOT
from Van Dine's list?
The reader must not be able to solve the mystery
There must be a corpse in a detective novel
The detective should never turn out to be the culprit
A crime must never turn out to be an accident
6
Gaiman creates an effective horror story by
killing loads of people
building suspense and mystery
using a spooky setting
using blood and guts
7
The highest grossing sci-fi movie of all time is
Alien
The Avengers
E.T
Avatar
8
A stereotypical romance needs
Something to get in the way of their relationship
Two main characters (boy and girl)
love
a happy ending
9
Sci-fi films are often allegories. What is an allegory?
a story that is really gory
when characters, settings and actions mean something else
a French cheese
a story that includes sci-fi things
10
The list of rules that are found in stories are called
devices
confusions
conventions
codes
11
In which year was 'The Monkey's Paw' published?
1901
1902
1903
1905
12
A short story may
happen in a short space of time
have a single setting
may not have a resolution
not have many characters
13
Beginning, middle and end is called
a non-linear narrative
a non-linea narrative
a linea narrative
a linear narrative
14
What is an omniscient narrator?
all knowing
is really cool
has unlimited power
is everywhere
15
What is the most popular device used in a non-linear narrative?
flash forward
begins in the middle
begins at the end
flash back
16
Who wrote
Twenty Rules For Writing Detective Stories
?
none of these
S.S Van Dine
F.F Van Dine
S.S Dan Vine
17
How many Sherlock Holmes novels were written?
70
60
50
80
18
“Nobody knew where the toy had come from” is the opening of which story?
Don't ask Jack
The Monkey's Paw
The Hunger Games
The Speckled Band
19
A first person narrator
uses 'you'
uses 'he or she'
uses 'I'
uses 'they'
20
The best way to open a story is to
use detailed description
capture the immediate action and scene
appeal to the reader's sense of humour
talk directly to the reader to make the involved
