Literary devices
the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
What is a simile ?
The best known book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Who wrote Frankenstein ?
When the camera is placed from a short distance that gives a very detailed picture
What is a close-up ?
Napoleon
What is the name of the tyrannical pig ?
What is an incipit ?
a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. E.g: the pen is mightier than the sword
What is a metonimy ?
He wrote Brave New World
Who was Aldous Huxley?
a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a higher point
What is a high-angle shot ?
Eric Arthur Blair
What was the real name of George Orwell ?
the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot ?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them :Her tears were a river flowing
What is a metaphor ?
A Shakespeare´s play that features the balcony scene
What is Romeo and Juliet ?
movies that include singing and/or dancing as an important element and also involves the performance of song and/or dance by the main characters
What is a musical ?
to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.
Why do animals rebel against humans ?.
In literature, something that is a warning or indication of (a future event).
What is forshadowing ?
A narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an all-knowing perspective on the story being told
What is an omniscient narrator ?
She wrote To Kill a mocking bird
Who wad Harper Lee ?
a shot in which the camera angle is positioned below the eye line of the subject, pointing upward.
What is a low-angle shot?
Because the characters and events of Animal Farm represent the real people and events of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
Why is Animal Farm an allegory?
a piece of writing that employs dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, fear, and dread.
What is Gothic literature ?
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.: The police station got robbed
What is irony ?
He wrote Dracula
Who was Bram Stoker ?
He was called the master of suspense
who was Alfred Hitchcock ?
Mr. Jones
What is the name of the farmer ?
This literary movement stresses subjectivity and an emphasis on individualism; spontaneity; freedom from rules; solitary life rather than life in society; the beliefs that imagination is superior to reason and devotion to beauty; love of and worship of nature.
what is Romanticism?