Coraline
Visual Literacy
Short Stories
Man from the South
Lamb to the Slaughter
100

In the REAL world, what do Miss Spink and Miss Forcible call Coraline?

Caroline

100

List 2 examples of Visual Literacy

Salience, Colour, Vectors, Positioning, Symbolism, Foreground, Background, Gaze, Centre Placement

100

What kind of text is a Short Story? The answer begins with the letter 'N'.

Narrative

100

What is the protagonists name in the Short Story?

Carlos

100

What is the protagonists weapon of choice in the short story?

A leg of lamb

200

What is the title given to Coraline's other mother?

The Bedlam

200

What are vectors?

The lines in a frame that guide the eye to a person or object.

200

What are the three elements all short stories must have? (Hint - OCR)

Orientation, Complication, Resolution

200

Which country is the protagonist vacationing in, in the short story?

Jamaica

200

What is the protagonists first and second name in the short story?

Mary Maloney

300

What deal does Coraline make with 'the other mother'?

If Coraline finds the souls of the three children and her REAL mother and father, the other mother will let her go. If Coraline can't find them, Coraline must allow the other mother to sew buttons onto her eyes.

300

How can text be written in a graphic novel - list three ways.

Captions, speech bubbles, thought bubbles.

300

List three examples of language devices that can be used in a short story.

Metaphors, Similes, Juxtaposition, Alliteration, Assonance, Sibilance etc.

300

What bet does the protagonist make with the American?

If the American can light his lighter ten times successfully, he will give the American his car.

300

Why does Mary go to look at herself in the mirror, before going to Sam's?

She wants to rehearse what she will say to Sam. She wants to ensure that she acts normal because she has just killed her husband.

400

What does the other mother call the cat?

Vermin

400

What are the two common forms of positioning in a graphic novel?

The foreground and the background.

400

Who wrote the tell-tale heart?

Edgar Allen Poe

400

What car does the protagonist offer in the short story and the film. You must get these both correct.

Short story - Cadillac

Film - Jaguar

400

What is the name of the protagonists husband?

Patrick Maloney

500

What does Coraline see in her cup, when Miss Spink and Miss Forcible read her tea leaves?

A skeletal hand.

500

Define salience in your own words.

The focal or central image in a frame.

500

Who wrote Lamb to the Slaughter and Man from the South?

Roald Dahl

500

What is the resolution of this story?

Carlos' wife comes in before the young man can strike the lighter a tenth time, and informs everyone that Carlos came has a gambling problem.

500
What is ironic about the ending of the Short Story?

The police end up eating the murder weapon.

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