Revision for Year 8 English exam

Question 1

What should there be at the beginning of an improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Setting, Characters and a conflict

Question 2

What character did a lot of Agatha Christie's books feature?

Accepted Answer

Poirot

Question 3

Which of these Isn't a comedy technique?

Accepted Answer

Canned Laughter

Question 4

What are "sitcomes"?

Accepted Answer

Situation Comedy

Question 5

What is the name of the person that tells the story?

Accepted Answer

The Narrator

Question 6

Ok finally starting: Detective Stories

Accepted Answer

Murder in the Rue Morgue

Question 7

One of the shortest crime stories in the world

Accepted Answer

Split Personality

Question 8

How do people create atmosphere in a scene?

Accepted Answer

Tough question William, I'm thinking very hard though..., Lighting, sound effects

Question 9

Next-Everyone's favourite thing-PEE Paragraphs!

Accepted Answer

Point Evidence Explanation

Question 10

What is the First Detective Story called?

Accepted Answer

Murder in the Rue Morge

Question 11

Who is the guy that made a list of rules that no one obeys?

Accepted Answer

Van Dine

Question 12

Why are Piranhas useful?

Accepted Answer

Because they clean dead animals and junk from the water

Question 13

Ok guys thanks for playing my quiz have a nice weekend and don't forget: Stay Quizy!

Accepted Answer

I want to watch William jump on a wooden plank 100 times

Question 14

Moving onto the city of the beasts, to finish off, one good thing about "the Insiders"

Accepted Answer

Has Clues and Red Herrings, Good Editing, Good Acting, Has twists

Question 15

What is the second stage of a detective story?

Accepted Answer

The detective investigates clues

Question 16

What is a playscript?

Accepted Answer

A genre of writing

Question 17

Who is Dr John Watson?

Accepted Answer

Sherlock Holmes' companion

Question 18

What is a red herring?

Accepted Answer

A false clue

Question 19

Sherlock is a bad guy

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Warm up Question

Accepted Answer

Guacamole, Cool, Peel the Avocado

Question 21

What would you describe Kate as?

Accepted Answer

Eccentric, Maverick, Cool grandma

Question 22

What is a totemic animal?

Accepted Answer

A person's spirit animal

Question 23

What do playscripts have to provide?

Accepted Answer

Which Characters appear in the playwhat lines characters say

Question 24

Improvisation can be planned

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Who was the first person that wrote a detective story?

Accepted Answer

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 26

Why do writers sometimes include a lot of narrators?

Accepted Answer

To create suspense

Question 27

What do actors have to do in improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Stay in character

Question 28

When do we use ":" in play-scripts?

Accepted Answer

After we put the character's name

Question 29

What should you do before you Improvise?

Accepted Answer

Plan your characters personality and attitude towards things

Question 30

Moving onto Drama! - Who is the best actor?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 31

What should a detective story always have?

Accepted Answer

A detective

Question 32

What are play-scripts meant to show?

Accepted Answer

Things the Actors have to do

Question 33

Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes books?

Accepted Answer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question 34

First Question starting get ready

Accepted Answer

I'm really excited!

Question 35

Ok guys, please we will move onto detective stories now: Which of these is the best detective?

Accepted Answer

Señora Non-Guerra

Question 36

Which of these is a literary device?

Accepted Answer

Cliffhanger

Question 37

Which of these is a sitcom?

Accepted Answer

Blackadder

Question 38

What are deductions?

Accepted Answer

Hallelujah, When someone looks at clues to create an explanation

Revision for Year 8 English exam

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Revision for Year 8 English exam

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