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Year 8 English - The Year in Review
Year 8 English - The Year in Review
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1
Which of the following is a simile?
Love is difficult
Love is a battlefield
Love is as bright as the sun
Love is a llama
2
What is the meaning of the word ‘nostalgia’?
A feeling of hope for the future
A feeling of longing or affection for a time in the past
A condition where nostril hairs grow out of control
A condition that results in the loss of long-term memory
3
What is personification?
The distinctive features of a character
The plot arch of a character in a story
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Feeding people to llamas
4
Why would the directors use this sort of shot?
To make Mufasa appear majestic
To create intimacy with the audience
To show off the drawing skills of the animators
To set the scene
5
Which advertising technique is this an example of?
Celebrity endorsement
Emotional appeal
Bandwagon
Glittering generality
6
Figurative language is when...
You describe figures
Llamas start speaking in sign language
What you say is not what you actually mean
You mean exactly what your say
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What advertising technique is being used here?
Bandwagon
Facts and statistics
Glittering generality
Celebrity endorsement
8
What ate Brain when he escaped the lake in ‘Hatchet’?
A wolf
Mosquitoes
An anaconda
A bear
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What type of film
angle
is this?
Long shot
Low angle
Eye-level angle
High angle
10
What might we be able to tell about Scar’s character from this shot?
The cinematography suggests he is the younger brother of Mufasa
This shot suggests Scar is actually a llama
The camera angles suggests he is feeling vulnerable
The colours suggest he is a sinister character
11
Will you have a great school holidays?
Hell yes!
No, because I love school and don’t want to go
12
Which mountain range did the rugby team who ate each other to survive crash land on?
The Himalayas
The Andes Mountains
The Mt Lofty Ranges
The Rocky Mountains
13
This scene doesn’t have any background music. Why would the director’s have done this?
To save on the music budget
There is no music in the whole movie
To build suspense
To make Simba’s roar seem louder
14
What does a human-interest feature article focus on?
How a specific person became famous
Detailed information on a specific topic
A historical event
An average person overcoming great hardship
15
Which of the following is a tired word?
Good
Intelligent
Articulate
Brilliant
16
When we are analysing cinematography, we are considering...
The distance, focus and angle of the image
The tempo of the soundtrack
Where and when the story is set
The dialogue between the characters
17
Which is the correct way to punctuate dialogue?
“Go home already,” Ms Nicholls groaned.
‘Go home already,’ Ms Nicholls groaned.
’Go home already.’ Ms Nicholls groaned.
“Go home already”, Ms Nicholls groaned.
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What is a clause?
An incomplete sentence
A punctuation mark
A small creature that lives in your fridge and eats cheese
A part of sentence that contains a subject and a verb
19
Which is an example of indirect characterisation?
He had a round face and dark, bristly hair
He liked sweet food
He spent all day on the couch and never helped with chores
He was lazy
20
What is a slogan?
An image used in an advertisement
A catchy phrase associated with a brand
A slow boy called Logan
An eye-catching font used by a brand
21
What does the root ‘auto’ mean in autobiography?
Movement
Automatic
Story
Self
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What is the climax of the Lion King?
Simba meets Timon and Pumba
Scar reveals that he was the one who killed Mufasa
Nala finds Simba after thinking he is dead
Scar kills Mufasa
