Literacy
Which part of speech gives extra information about a noun?
- A) Verb
- B) Adjective
- C) Adverb
- D) Pronoun
- E) Article
Adjective
Which of these is a **correctly spelled** word?
- A) Seperate
- B) Recieve
- C) Sincerely
- D) Scisors
- E) Truley
C) Sincerely
12. In film, what does a close-up shot show?
- A) The whole scene
- B) Only part of an object or face
- C) A character from the waist up
- D) The head and shoulders of a person
- E) What a character is looking at
D) The head and shoulders of a person
13. Which character in Coach Carter quits the team and later begs to come back?
- A) Junior Battle
- B) Damien Carter
- C) Kenyon Stone
- D) Timo Cruz
- E) Jason Lyle
D) Timo Cruz
What TWO things do you need to do in an introduction?
- A) State your thesis and list your point sentences
- B) Introduce the text and state your thesis
- C) Summarise the plot and list the characters
- D) List the techniques in the text and your point sentences
- E) State your thesis and explain why it is important
B) Introduce the text and state your thesis
What conjunction is not part of the FANBOYS group?
- A) For
- B) As
- C) Nor
- D) But
- E) Or
B) As
16. What word is spelled correctly?
- A) Mischivious
- B) Rheumetism
- C) Occured
- D) Recommend
- E) Trageddy
D) Recommend
8. In a film, what does **"low-key lighting"** do?
- A) It makes everything bright
- B) It uses many light sources to create a cheerful scene
- C) It creates dark shadows and a moody feeling
- D) It uses colorful lights
- E) It makes a person look bigger and more important
C) It creates dark shadows and a moody feeling
17. In Coach Carter, who is Kenyon Stone?
- A) Ken Carter’s son
- B) A basketball player with a pregnant girlfriend
- C) The basketball team captain
- D) The principal of the school
- E) The owner of a sports store
B) A basketball player with a pregnant girlfriend
What belongs in a point sentence?
- A) A reason why you did or didn't like the film
- B) An important quote
- C) A reason why your thesis is true
- D) A summary of the scene the paragraph is about
- E) The language techniques you will be analysing
C) A reason why your thesis is true
Which punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses without a conjunction?
- A) Semicolon
- B) Comma
- C) Apostrophe
- D) Quotation marks
- E) Period
A) Semicolon ;
What does persevere mean?
- A) Feeling very happy and proud about an achievement
- B) Having a strong sense of what to do and why
- C) To continue to try and do something although it is difficult
- D) The ability to be okay when things go wrong or become difficult
- E) Giving up something in order to achieve something
C) To continue to try and do something although it is difficult
15. In static images, what does contrast mean?
- A) The way everything is set out on the page
- B) The size of the letters
- C) The different colours, tones, and shades used to show differences
- D) The group of people the image is aimed at
- E) The image that attracts the most attention
C) The different colours, tones, and shades used to show differences
Who is shot in front of Timo?
- A) Renzo
- B) Renny
- C) Reggie
- D) Ronny
- E) Riley
B) Renny
What type of body paragraph sentence is this?
"The director employs an over-the-shoulder-shot of the basketball team at their desks in the gym to help the reader empathise with Coach Carter's shock as he witnesses the scene."
- A) Point
- B) Evidence
- C) Analysis
- D) Explanation
- E) Link
C) Analysis
What is the difference between a dependent clause and an independent clause?
- A) An independent clause cannot be a sentence by itself
- B) A dependent clause needs an independent clause to be a full sentence
- C) A dependent clause expresses a complete thought
- D) An independent clause needs a dependent clause to make sense
- E) A dependent clause is always the same as a relative clause
B) An independent clause can be a sentence by itself, but a dependent clause needs an independent clause to be a full sentence.
What does adversarial mean?
- A) People opposing or disagreeing with each other
- B) People working together to solve a problem
- C) Serious, without any humour
- D) Nervous, unable to relax
- E) Being unfriendly and not liking something
A) People opposing or disagreeing with each other
What is a metaphor?
- A) A comparison using "like" or "as"
- B) A statement that contradicts itself
- C) Giving human traits to something that isn't human
- D) A direct comparison saying one thing **is** another
- E) An exaggeration for effect
D) A direct comparison saying one thing is another
What cinematography (camera shots, angles, and movement) is used during Ken Carter's final monologue?
- A) The camera pans through a series of close ups of the team, showing their reactions while creating a sense of unity.
- B) The camera zooms in on each player one by one, emphasising their expressions.
- C) A handheld camera follows the team from behind as they walk, creating a sense of immediacy and motion.
- D) The camera tilts upward from the players' feet to their faces, showing their full stance and determination.
- E) A wide-angle shot captures the entire team huddled together, slowly zooming in to highlight their unity.
A) The camera pans through a series of close ups of the team, showing their reactions while creating a sense of unity.
What type of discourse marker is "In summary"?
- A) Additional information
- B) Contrast
- C) Illustration
- D) Emphasis
- E) Concluding
E) Concluding
What is a complex sentence?
- A) A sentence with two or more independent clauses
- B) A sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause
- C) A sentence with just one independent clause
- D) A sentence missing a subject
- E) A sentence with no verbs
B) A sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause
What is systemic injustice?
- A) When one person is treated unfairly because of someone’s personal bias or prejudice in a one-time event.
- B) When society’s rules and laws automatically solve inequality and unfairness for everyone.
- C) When a rule affects a small group of people in one situation, without affecting the rest of society.
- D) When there is unfair treatment towards certain groups that is part of systems or institutions
- E) When unfair treatment happens only in rare, isolated cases, but most systems are fair
D) When there is unfair treatment towards certain groups that is part of systems or institutions
What is superimposition?
- A) Blending multiple images together so they become one image
- B) Placing two images side by side for comparison
- C) Placing one image over another
- D) Shrinking an image to fit it within another image
- E) Making one image more dominant than the rest
C) Placing one image over another
What is the theme of Coach Carter?
- A) The value of achieving success at any cost, even if it means breaking the rules.
- B) The belief that strict punishment is the best way to build respect and loyalty.
- C) The importance of individual talent and personal glory over teamwork and discipline.
- D) The importance of having courage to face a fear of failure and go against society's expectations
- E) The idea that sports are more important than education in shaping a person’s future.
D) The importance of having courage to face a fear of failure and go against society's expectations
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