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Parisa and Pranay week 1 English Test
Parisa and Pranay week 1 English Test
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1
The purpose of an essay paragraph is to...
Form the body of your argument
Get high marks in English
Describe the plot of the text
Summarise your essay
2
In Macbeth, Macbeth commits murder in order to become king. Which of these do you think was Macbeth's tragic flaw?
Pride
Clumsiness
Ambition
Wrath
3
Can a tragedy also be other genres?
Only if the other genre is horror
No
Yes, because the term genre is vague and not specific
Yes, but not comedy
4
A camera shot determines...
Whether the shot is filmed with a camera or a phone
For how long we see the shot
From what distance we see the subject of the shot
How many fish are in the shot
5
Is a montage an example of a film technique?
Yes
No
Only if 'Eye of the Tiger' is playing through the montage
Montages are tacky
6
Tragedies were historically, most commonly, what type of text?
Short Stories
Novels
Plays
Puppet shows
7
Is a narrator's commentary diegetic sound?
No, because its happening outside the story's events
No, because diegetic sound doesn't include people speaking
Yes, because diegetic sound includes all spoken words
Yes, because the narrator is a character in the story
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There is no final question. Just a puppy
Bad Boy!
Good Boy!
9
Which of the following is NOT a technique that one could use in an essay?
Pathetic Fallacy
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Poetry
10
In 'Pride and Prejudice' a woman overcomes her prejudices to marry and fall in love with a man. This novel is a...
Biography
Cautionary Tale
Romance
Tragedy
11
Diegetic sound is sound that naturally occurs in the shot of a film. Which of the following sounds would be diegetic?
Birds chirping during a shot in a forest
The sound of the person eating popcorn next to you in the cinema
A character's inner monologue about the situation
Music playing over an emotional climax
12
The ancient Greek word for a tragic flaw is 'hamartia'. Which of the following texts are tragedies?
Harry Potter
Winnie the Pooh
Macbeth
Pride and Prejudice
13
The Link sentence in an essay paragraph is useful to...
Make the paragraph sound better
Explain the ideas of the paragraph
Wrap up the paragraph by connecting the analysis with the point
Extend the word count of the paragraph so it looks longer
14
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The two main characters die for love. You would characterise this play as a what?
Tragedy
Fairy Tale
Comedy
Thriller
15
Shakespeare had 3 types of plays. The comedies and tragedies of Ancient Greek tradition and one other. Which was?
Biographies
Histories
Fantasies
Puppet Shows
16
When writing an essay paragraph, the E in PETAL stands for...
Exclamation
Explanation
Expression
Eggs
17
Essay paragraphs need to refer to techniques from texts to...
Prove the student has read the text
Break up the monotony of one's essay with quotes
Use as proof to justify one's argument
Explain the story of the text to the reader
18
In tragedies, the main character usually has a fatal flaw or 'hamartia'. Which of these is a believable fatal flaw?
Broccoli
Intellect
Evil
Jealousy
19
An explanation sentence does what in an essay paragraph?
Adds context from the text to explain the point sentence
States the intention of the essay
Analyses the paragraph's literary technique
Is a piece of creative writing to distract the reader
20
Which of the following is non-diegetic sound? (Sound edited in to the film to add emotion or otherwise improve it)
A sad emotional music track playing over a character death
The music played by a character as they perform in the movie
The dialogue between two onscreen characters
The sound of a plate smashing after a character drops it
21
A camera shot is different from a camera angle
Yellow
True
False
Blue
22
Tragedies were originally one of two types of Greek plays. In them the ending is unhappy. The other type of play was?
Dramas
Comedies
Spoofs
Satires
23
A camera angle determines...
What clothes the characters wear in a shot
For how long we see a shot
How many cameras are needed for a shot
From what vantage point we see a shot
24
Film techniques are often different from other literary techniques?
I don't know
True
Films aren't studied in English
False
25
In most films, the use of montage indicates what?
A character death
The passing of time while a character undergoes something
The main character is being tested before the grand finale
A character's dedication to being the best
26
Which of the following could be an explanation sentence?
Macbeth is set in Scotland.
Thus, Macbeth is a story about ambition and its cost.
This is implied in Macbeth in the line 'Is this a dagger I see before me?'
Macbeth's fatal flaw is ambition as he murders the king to gain status.
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Why do we analyse need to analyse our techniques in our essays?
Because otherwise the essay would be too unclear in its message
Because otherwise the reader doesn't know what text we're talking about
Because otherwise the reader doesn't know the effect of the technique
Because otherwise our essay would be too short
28
The word tragedy, in English, is most closely linked to what word?
Sad
Disaster
Sandwich
Theatre
29
Which of the following is NOT a film technique?
Alliteration
Music
Montage
Symbolism
