Poetic techniques
This technique is often seen in poetry.
It occurs when the ends of words, usually at the end of a line, have the same sound.
What is rhyme?
A type of camera movement where the camera either gets closer to or further away from the subject.
What is zoom?
A fictional, made up text.
What is an imaginative text?
This person directed Billy Elliot.
Stephen Daldry.
The line "To be or not to be" was penned by this famous playwright.
Who is Shakespeare?
This technique builds an image in the audience's mind by describing sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and sensations.
What is sensory imagery?
When everything on the screen is brightly illuminated and there are no shadows, the scene has this.
A text where you are trying to convince the reader of something.
What are persuasive texts?
Billy Elliot is set during this.
The 1984-1985 coal miner's strike in Britain.
If you are visiting the Taj Mahal, you are in this country.
What is India?
When two things are compared by saying one thing IS the other, e.g. "My fingers are ice".
What is metaphor?
When people speak in a film, we call it this.
What is dialogue?
A text where you objectively provide information to the reader about a specific topic.
What are informative texts?
This character is stern but nurturing, and encourages Billy to pursue his dreams.
Who is Mrs. Wilkinson?
A ukelele has this many strings.
What is four?
When two things are placed near each other for a specific purpose, often to highlight the differences between them.
What is juxtaposition?
When the source of the sound is not in the shot, the sound is this.
What is non-diegetic sound?
Texts that explore a range of perspectives and opinions in a balanced, neutral way are this kind of text.
What are discursive texts?
This band featured heavily in Billy Elliot, notably providing the song that opens the movie.
Who are T. Rex?
The name "Bill" is short for this name.
What is "William"?
What is colloquial language?
The underlying message or idea of a text.
What is theme?
A type of persuasive text where you try to convince the reader of your specific perspective or thesis.
What are academic essays?
Billy dances in this ballet at the end of the movie, symbolising his triumph.
What is Swan Lake?
What are fingers?