Literature & Film
Steven Spielberg
Taylor Swift
Fake News
Writing Workout
100

The biopic about three Black female mathematicians, who were pivotal to the success of NASA, especially during the Space Race. 

What is Hidden Figures?

100

Ms. Dent's all time favourite Spielberg scene 

What is the first T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park?

100

The number of eras Taylor Swift currently has.

What is Ten?

100

The inadvertent sharing of false information

What is Misinformation?

100

The final step of every task.

What is Proof Reading? (will also accept What is Editing?)

200

The subgenre of science fiction that explores social and political structures in a not-too-distant future

What is Dystopia/Dystopian Fiction?

200

The decade Steven Spielberg was born.

What are the 1940's?

200

The two Taylor's Versions album releases of 2023.

What are Speak Now and 1989?

200

The deliberate creation and sharing of information known to be false

What is Disinformation?

200

The element of an essay introduction that grabs the reader's attention and encourages them to keep reading.

What is a Hook?

300

The name of a 'coming of age' story; A novel about a protagonist's psychological and moral growth from their youth into adulthood.  

What is a Bildungsroman?

300

The film that marked Spielberg's first big commercial break as a feature film director.

What is Jaws?

300

The name of Taylor Swift's most recent new release (not counting the Taylor's Versions)

What is Midnights?

300

The three Greek words used to describe the types of appeals typically used in persuasive texts.

What are Pathos, Logos, and Ethos?

300

The three points of the triangle formula, representing the three things you should always discuss when analysing a text.

What are Techniques, Audience Response, and Ideas?

400
The name of the author of Unwind.

Who is Neal Shusterman?

400

The body part Spielberg tends to focus on when creating suspense in his films.

What are Hands?

400

The NFL team Taylor Swift's lover plays for.

Who are the Kansas Chiefs?

400

The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

What is Satire?

400

A poetic form that has 14 lines and uses iambic pentameter

What is a Sonnet?

500

The dinosaur with the most creative licence in Jurassic Park, thanks to the entirely fictional additions of a frilled neck and ability to spit venom.

What is a Dilophosaurus?

500

The Composer responsible for creating many of the most significant film scores of the 20th century, including the vast majority of Spielberg's films. 

Who is John Williams?

500

The type of farm that is in Taylor Swift's heart; the name of her best Christmas song. 

What is Christmas Tree Farm?
500

The fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, should be considered a right to be exercised freely, without censorship by the Government.

What is Freedom of the Press?

500
Poetic device referring to the speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.

What is Tone?

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