The Castle
1984
Figurative Language
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100

Name the youngest Kerrigan

Dale

100

Name the protagonist's girlfriend

Julia

100

The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

Personification

100

Where are the Summer Olympics being held in 2024?

Paris

100

A repeated image or idea throughout a text

Motif

200

What 'lucky' present did Wayne receive from Thailand and why was it lucky?

An Elephant - lucky because its trunk was up

200

What was the greatest fear of Winston?

Rats

200

She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of..

Double points if you can get the second definition as well

Alliteration

Sibilance

200

Poseidon was the Greek God of what?

The Sea/Ocean

200

A common phrase that has a figurative rather than literal meaning eg 'Don't beat around the bush'

IDIOM

300

Name all three of the Kerrigan neighbours

Jack, Farouk, Yvonne

300

What is Winston doing wrong when he writes in his diary?

Committing Thought crime

300

"He stood entranced, not unlike a night moth, stunned by the illumination and then drawn to it"

Technique used?

Simile


300

Which two staff members have been at MHS for the longest?

Mr Woodman and Mrs Glass

300

Term for everyday language used by ordinary people

Vernacular

400

Where did Sally work?

At the Sunbeam factory

400

The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called what?

Doublethink

400

When aspects of nature are used to indicate feelings or the mood of a character, it is called....

Pathetic fallacy

400

WHat school did Viktor Krum go to?

Durmstrang

400

RUBRIC TERM

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Anomaly

500

Whar case in law was used as a precedent to assist the Kerrigans to win their case in the High Court?

The MABO case

500

What does Winston trace in the dust on the table at the end of the novel?

2+2 =5

500

"the light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest"

Identify and explain TWO figurative devices here.

1. Simile - like a museum specimen - use of word 'specimen' used to show Leonard as different/unusual

2. Metaphor - needle thrust through chest - physical restraint by police.

500

Approximately how many seconds are in a day?

86, 400

500

Name the technique - bonus for song title:

You thought that I’d be weak without you, but I’m stronger  / You thought that I'’ be broke without you, but I’m richer  /You thought that I’d be sad without you, I laugh harder


Anaphora

SONG - Survivor by Destiny's Child