'Teacher Focus'
Who's favourite novel is "Wuther Heights"?
Ms Shafiqa
What is the narrators name?
S. M Rodrigo (must have said the S.M)
Name 6 short stories within the novel
1. Cell One 2.Imitation 3. A Private Experience 4. Ghosts 5. On Monday of Last Week 6. Jumping Monkey Hill 7. The Thing Around Your Neck 8.The American Embassy 9. The Shivering 10. The Arrangers of Marriage 11. Tomorrow is Too Far 12. The Headstrong Historian
What was the original name and who was published as writing it?
"The Modern Promethus"
Wriiten by Nemo/ no one - it was unnamed
Where were Jason and Medea fleeing from and what had they stolen?
Colchis and The Golden Fleece
Who is Zeus when he is in Rome?
Jupiter
Crazy Teachers Ate Apples With Turtles -Stands for and helps you write what?
Context - Title - Audience - Author - Writing Style - Thesis statment
The Introduction
What days were the office hours for each teacher?
Ms Korinna -Miss E - Thursday (and then when you as for them
Ms Shafiqa - Monday and Thursday
But seriously when you want we will help.
How did Miss E Feel about "Kitchen"
Make fart nose with mouth
What colour is the car that hits Macabea?
Yellow (Merc)
How many stories are within the collection?
12
How do Victor and the monster die?
Victor - illness while on Robert Walton's ship in the Arctic.
The Creature states he will kill himself (
What is the chorus ode section of a play called?
Stasimon
Summarise the poem of Midas
Midas gets offered to have a wish, chooses to turn all he touches to gol, Dionysus/ Bacchus grants it (must mention him for points), He realises this is horrible, touches his daughter which upsets him
What always has to go at athe start and the end of a body paragraph
Topic Sentence (point Sentence)
Link (to overall essay topic or the next paragraph)
Count to 9 in George Lucas (order of Star Wars)
4,5,6
1,2,3
5,6,7
Which teacher has a "brilliant" son at college
Ms Korinna
Name 3 things Macabea has eaten
Hot dog
Cat
Paper
What 2 countries are in the text
America and Nigeria
What does the creature want most in the world?
A female companion
what is the word means "Law of offering hospitality- being a good host "
Xenia
Summarise the Story of Arachne
Arachne is thought to be an incredible weaver - An old lady comes and says you're good - Arachne's hubris has her state yep - Old lady turns into Minerva (Athena) - they compete - All Minerva's display the gods good moments, Arachne shows the detruction of the gods. Minerva turns Arachne in to a spider
What are the 7 concepts that the essay question could be based on.
Perception - Identity - Transformation - culture - creativity - Communication - Representation
What culture is the long continuous culture in the world?
Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal)
Which has lived in 4 countries?
Ms Shafiqa
What is the first line of the novel?
"All life starts with a yes"
Name a character from 4 different stories
Cell One: Nnamabia, Mother, Father, Obiora, The Woman Imitation: Nkem, Chika, Professor James Nwoye A Private Experience: Chika, Hausa Woman Ghosts: Kamara, Ujunwa, Akunna On Monday of Last Week: The American Embassy Narrator, Ukamaka, Chinaza, Nwamgba, Grace/Afamefuna Jumping Monkey Hill: Cell One Narrator, Mother, Father, Obiora, The Woman The Thing Around Your Neck: Ikenna Okoro, Neil, Josh, Tracy, The Senegalese, Edward, The Boy, The Man Behind Her The American Embassy: Chinedu, Udenna, Ofodile, Nia The Shivering: Tomorrow is Too Far Narrator, Dozie, Grandmama, Anikwenwa The Arrangers of Marriage: Nnamabia, Nkem, Chika, Professor James Nwoye Tomorrow is Too Far: Tomorrow is Too Far Narrator, Dozie, Grandmama, Anikwenwa The Headstrong Historian: Nnamabia, Nkem, Chika, Professor James Nwoye
Why did Victor hate what he did as soon as he did it? (making the creation)
In his mind he had a vision but the creature did not live up to expectations (wish vs reality)
How does the princess die?
Not via fire!
Poisoning through the dress given to her from Medea as a weeding gift.
Name 8 Roman Gods (bonus if you can name the Greek name too)
Mercury (Hermes), Venus (Aphrodite), Mars (Ares), Jupiter (Zeus), Saturn (Cronos), Neptune (Persidon), Pluto (Hades), Juno (Hera), Apollo (Apollo), Diana (Artemis), Minerva (Athena), Bacchus (Dionysus), Volcan (Hephaestus), Demeter (Demeter), Vesta (Hestia)
What are 3 terms used to display your understanding of Greek plays when writing an essay on "Medea" (Greek terms)
Metis - Hubris - Stasimon - Episode - Ode - Chorus - Psychomachia - stichomythia -Deus Ex machina
Who gets hit by a bus in "Mean Girls"?
Regina George
Which teacher has random collections?
Ms Korinna
What is the song that plays/ makes her cry?
Una furtiva lacrima
A few of the short stories make references to the native tribe in Nigeria, what is it?
Igbo Tribe
How does Victor's silence about the creature's existence affect the story?
It causes chaos, deaths of his loved ones, ruins people's life, since he does not want to take the blame.
Other than Jason and Medea, name the other 5 characters in the play
Nurse, Tutor, Medea's sons (this counts as one), Princess of Corinth, King of Athens -Aegeus, King Corinth- Creon
Name 5 poetry techniques
Anaphora -Alliteration- Polyptoton -Diacope - Polysyndeton - Asyndeton - Enjambment - Caesura - Consonance - Assonance - Sibilants - Plosives - Hyperbole - Personification - Allusion
How do you ensure you have a deep level of analysis
Two Whys, both that are explained
1 that is internal effect/ impact on the novel
1 that looks beyond the story
Which TV show does has the important lyric...
"If I only could make a deal with God"
continued being played
'Stranger Things' - "Running Up that Hill" Kate Bush
Which teacher is most like Clarisse Lispector and Why?
Miss E - because she also never stays on topic
What is the one thing in the novel that Macabea steals
Biscuit/ cookie from Gloria's home
Spell the authors name
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Who dies (state in order for extra points)?
William Frankenstein: (Victor's young brother, murdered by the Creature) Justine Moritz: (Wrongfully accused and executed for William's murder.) Caroline Beaufort:(Victor's mother, dies of scarlet fever.)Henry Clerval: (Victor's best friend, murdered by the Creature.) Elizabeth Lavenza:( Victor's adopted sister and fiancée, murdered by the Creature) Alphonse Frankenstein: (Victor's father, dies of grief after Elizabeth's death.) Victor Frankenstein: Dies of exhaustion and despair while pursuing the Creature) The Creature: (Commits suicide after Victor's death, filled with remorse and loneliness.)
How does Medea flee and what is the Greek term for it?
Deus Ex Machina - via a chariot pulled by dragons, given to her from her grandfather
Name 3 forms of poetry
Sonnet - Quatrain - Sestet - Octave - Iambic Pentameter - Haiku
Name 8 language techniques (they cannot have been named in previous questions)
Metaphor - simile - metafiction - Hyperbole (Generalisation not accepted) - personification - Tone (accepted if you named a tone or stated tonal shifts) - Irony (included if you named the type) - Imagery (bonus point if more than one named) - Red Herring - Macguffin - appeal to (counted if you name what it appeals to) - 100s more I can't be bothered writing
Which Korean film won an acadamy awards?
Parasite
Of all the novels you have studied - which do all 3 teachers agree is a very good!
Mary Shelly "Frankenstein"
Madam Callota is compared to what? (hint tot)
China Doll
What makes "The Thing Around your Neck" a significant/ impactful novel?
Provides Nigera with a voice (before 1958 all texts about Nigeria were written by White people who visited)
Gives a voice to the females being repressed
Displays life both in and out of Nigeria
Name three things in the modern would that the alienation of the creature can be a metaphor for?
Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamaphobia
In what type of theatre would Medea have been performed - bonus point if you can name the festival it was performed during?
Ampitheatre
Dionysian (can only get the bonus point if the first section was answered correctly)
How many poems are in "Tales from Ovid"?
24
Name and explain 4 literary techniques (they cannot have been named in previous questions)
Miss E will say yay or Nay
What's the difference between a Turtle and a Tortoise
Turtles live perdominatly in water
Tortoise live predominately on land