Frankenstein
Language Features
Poetry
War of the Worlds
Things to Remember
100

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Who wrote Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus

100

Buzz, bang, smash, crash.

What are four examples of onomatopoeia?

100

This poetic device compares two things using “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

100

This angle, used during the first tripod attack, makes the audience feel small and powerless.

What is a low-angle shot?

100

Capital letter and full stop.

What does every sentence need?

200

Gothic Horror

What genre is Frankenstein?

200

The sun smiled down on us

What is an example of personification?

200

A group of lines in a poem is called this.

What is a stanza?

200

Spielberg uses this shaky, documentary-style technique during chaotic scenes to make the invasion feel real.

What is handheld camera work?

200

This is the best step to improve your writing—something you should do every single time you finish a piece.

What is editing?

300

8

How many characters died in our death bingo game?

300

A question that does not need an answer.

What is a rhetorical question?

300

The message or main idea a poem explores is known as this.

What is a theme?

300

This type of shot follows Ray and his kids as they run through the crowds, placing viewers directly in the action.

What is a tracking shot?

300

Their, there, they're.

What is an example of a homophone?

400

18

What age was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein?

400

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is an example of alliteration?

400

5, 7, 5.

What is the syllable structure of a Haiku poem?

400

When the camera stays extremely close to characters’ faces—like when Ray panics after seeing the first vaporised civilians—Spielberg uses this shot to show raw emotion.

What is a close-up?

400

FANBOYS.

What is the mnemonic for the coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?

500

The Romantic Period

What period in English Literature was Frankenstein written in?

500

The deep, dark chocolate is like a rich, warm hug, melting slowly on the tongue with velvety smoothness.

What is an example of descriptive language?

500

The literal meaning of a word is its denotation; the emotional meaning is called this... 

What is connotation?

500

Used during scenes where the tripods loom over destroyed neighbourhoods, this wide, sweeping camera view highlights the scale of devastation.

What is an establishing/wide shot?

500

I SAW A WABUB.

What is the mnemonic for the subordinating conjunctions if, since, as, when, although, while, after, before, until, and because?