English Basics
What is a noun?
A word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Which sentence is an example of a simile, a or b?
a) The classroom was a zoo
b) The classroom was like a zoo
b) The classroom was like a zoo
What is the name of the short film we watched?
Alma
The resolution in a narrative is...
The ending, when the problems are resolved!
Fix this sentence: “alma looked in the widow”
*3 mistakes - Capital letters, spelling, full stop*
"Alma looked in the window."
Identify the personification used in the following sentence:
The wind whispered through the trees.
The wind whispered through the trees.
(Wind cannot really whisper — that’s a human action.)
Alma is a...
a) written narrative
b) short film
b) short film
The climax in a narrative is...
The main problem comes to a head. The most intense part!
Fill in the blank:
Vocab is short for V________y meaning a set of words.
Vocabulary
Identify the descriptive language in the following sentence:
The shop was creepy.
The shop was creepy.
Which is an example of Onomatopoeia in Francis?
a) Bam, bam, bam
b) yay, yay, yay
a) Bam, bam, bam
The exposition is...
The beginning of the story
Fix the sentence with a comma (,):
Let's eat kids.
Let's eat, kids.
Alma is an allegory; it has a lesson or moral. What is the lesson or moral of the story?
Don't explore unknown places alone.
In John Marsden's The Rabbits, the rabbits represented:
a) Australians
b) The British
c) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
b) The British
The rising action is between...
The exposition and the climax
In the sentence “The noisy dog barked,” which word is the adjective?
Noisy
Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes.
Write ONE example of Onomatopoeia.
BANG! SMASH! CRACK! WHOOSH!
An allegory is a story where the characters, events, and symbols represent a real historical event or idea.
What real historical event did The Rabbits represent?
The Rabbits by John Marsden is an allegory because the animals and events represent the colonisation of Australia.
The falling action is between...
The Climax and the Resolution