English Paper 1
A stimulus includes the line: “She carried the silence with her like a heavy coat.” Identify the technique and explain how it shapes meaning.
It’s a simile, suggesting emotional burden.
What are the FIVE Rubric words we use to show the power of language in this module?
Affirm, Ignore, Reveal, Challenge, Disrupt
How many words are credited with having been invented by Shakespeare, that are still in use today? (to the nearest hundred)
1700
True or False?
The famous "Trumania" bit where Truman draws a helmet and a space suit on the bathroom mirror with soap was completely improvised.
True.
Which soccer player is the only player to be part of THREE World Cup winning teams?
Pele.
A stimulus is narrated in first person but includes moments of self‑critique. What is this narrative perspective called?
First-person retrospective narration.
What is the full name of our Prescribed Text and what year was it published?
Contemporary Asian Australian Poets (2013)
Place these words in descending order of modality:
doubtfully possibly certainly probably
Certainly → Probably → Possibly → Doubtfully
Which film contains the line “You sit on a throne of lies!”
Elf.
Who were not allowed to compete in the Olympics until 1900?
Women.
What are Synonyms for the terms ‘individual and collective’
Single, personal, unique..
Shared, common, community...
Name the poem and poet behind the lines...
What vibrations are these?
Does this begin to become me,
do I to it belong?
Translucent Jade- Maureen Ten
In Romeo and Juliet, how old is Juliet when she marries Romeo?
13 yrs old.
Which classic kids-movie character was almost called ‘Lunar Larry’?
Buzz Lightyear
The longest professional tennis match lasted how many hours?
11 hours
Identify the language technique and explain its effect:
“Time folded in on itself, swallowing the moment before she could grasp it.”
Personification.
This positions time as an active, uncontrollable force, emphasising the character’s disorientation and lack of agency.
Finish the line...
No, storytelling is not lonely, not as we claim—in our little rooms lit only …
... in our little rooms lit only by a lamp or a late computer glow.
Scout and Jem are the protagonists of which classic American novel?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Based on a Shakespearean play, which film showcases a girl dressing as a boy in order to prove the capability of female soccer players?
She’s the Man.
What is the national sport of Japan?
Sumo wrestling.
Identify TWO techniques in the following and what meaning is created when they are combined:
“The city hummed like a restless machine, its neon veins pulsing through the night.”
Together, these techniques create a hybrid image of the city as both organism and machine, emphasising its intensity and overwhelming atmosphere.
Finish the line...
I want to bolt up the stairs of the fountain and ...
... claim that sound as the sound of my home
The Hogwarts motto is “Draco dormiens nunquan titillandus.” What does it mean?
Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon.
Name 4 films Peter Weir has directed.
The Truman Show
Dead Poet's Society
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wittness
Gallipolli
The Last Wave
Fearless
Which TWO cities are the only two in the world which have hosted the Olympics three times?
London and Paris.