Short Stories
What does Mrs Maloney use to kill her husband?
A leg of lamb
Which poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson did we study?
Describe what it was about.
The Eagle
About how powerful and dominant the eagle was.
What is the literary term for 'deliberate exaggeration'?
Hyperbole
What is another word for 'rule of three'?
Triplet
Charles Dickens' wrote a Christmas story called 'A Christmas Carol'.
The main character is a total misery, but changes to be more kind-hearted throughout the book.
What is his full name?
Ebenezer Scrooge
In which country was 'The Sniper' set?
Ireland
In the poem 'This Room', what did the chairs crash through?
The clouds
The angry clouds hung low in the sky, covering the village like a shroud.
What two language devices can you identify in this sentence?
Personification (angry)
Simile (like a shroud)
What is it called when two contrasting words are placed next to each other?
Oxymoron
What Dr Seuss character steals Christmas?
The Grinch
What are the rules for writing a mini-saga?
50 words
15 word title (max.)
Cryptic
All childhood is what, according to Carol Ann Duffy?
What language device is this?
All childhood is an emigration.
Provide an example of zoomorphism without using the word 'roar'.
The children clawed at the scraps of food.
What is it called when consecutive/follow on sentences start with the same words?
Anaphora
Which country started the tradition of bringing a tree into the house for Christmas?
Germany!
We learnt about story arcs.
What are the missing parts of this story arc?
- E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Rising Action
- C _ _ _ _ _
- Falling action
- Resolution
Exposition
Climax
We looked at contrast and metaphors in Anglo Saxon riddles. E.g. Body Splitter
What were these riddles called? K_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Give an example.
Kennings
Widow maker
Provide an example of a simile, without using the word 'cheetah'.
She felt depleted, like a country after war.
What is it called when a piece of punctuation occurs in the middle of a line of poetry?
Caesura
Complete this festive greeting:
'S_l_m_t H_r_ N_a_l'
Selamat hari natal
Merry Christmas
Describe a rags to riches story arc and give an example.
Starts with a terrible situation
Gets better throughout the story
Happy ending
Classic: Cinderella
As a group, provide a visual representation of what it means to 'shilly-shally'.
x
Provide a metaphorical sentence about an atmosphere, singing or a celebration.
Shreya's voice was liquid gold.
The atmosphere throbbed meditatively.
What is it called when a line of poetry flows into the next line of poetry without being punctuated?
Enjambment
Complete the rhyme:
Twas the night before _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When all through the _ _ _ _ _
Not a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was stirring
Not even a _ _ _ _ _
Twas the night before Christmas
When all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse