The Giver
What is the name of the main character?
Jonas.
What is a simile?
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
A writer uses three words or phrases in a row to emphasise an idea. What structural feature is this?
Rule of three.
What does a simple sentence contain?
A subject and a verb.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean.
What happened to the pilot who accidentally flew over the community?
He was released as punishment.
What language feature involves giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas?
Personification.
Why might a writer place a happy scene immediately before a violent one?
To create contrast.
What are the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) used to join two independent clauses in a compound sentence?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide.
What word does Jonas eventually decide best describes his feeling about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve?
Frightened.
What is the term for repeating the same consonant sound at the start of closely connected words, e.g. "the wind whispered and whirled"?
Alliteration.
A writer ends a paragraph with: “He was dead.” What is the structural effect of the short sentence?
Emphasis / shock / impact.
What is the difference between an independent clause and a subordinate (dependent) clause?
An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence; a subordinate clause cannot as it depends on an independent clause to make sense.
In what year did the Second World War start?
1939.
What object does Jonas's father bring home in Chapter 2?
A newchild named Gabriel.
In the sentence "His heart was a drum pounding a thousand beats a second," identify the two language features at work.
Metaphor and Hyperbole.
A writer builds tension for several paragraphs, then suddenly reveals that the danger wasn't real. What has happened structurally?
Build and release of tension.
In the sentence "Although it was raining, we went for a walk," what type of sentence is this, and why?
A complex sentence. It contains one subordinate clause ("Although it was raining") and one independent clause ("we went for a walk").
This author wrote "1984" and "Animal Farm," both allegories critiquing totalitarianism.
George Orwell.
Why might a writer repeat a word or phrase throughout a text, and how can its effect change each time it appears?
To emphasise an idea or create a pattern.
"The Ceremony, which Jonas had been dreading, finally arrived". Which sentence type is this and why?
Complex. It contains a relative clause (which Jonas had been dreading).
This is the only planet in our solar system known to rotate on its side, with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees.
Uranus.