Science Fiction
Name a popular Science Fiction franchise
Correctly names a popular science fiction franchise, i.e. Star Wars
Name a popular Gothic Horror text
Correctly names a popular Gothic Horror text, i.e. Dracula.
Name a popular Crime Fiction text or series.
Correctly names a Crime Fiction text or series, i.e. Sherlock Holmes.
Define theme
An idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.
Who wrote Lord of the Flies
William Golding
What is a theme in There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury?
What is a theme in Fall of the House of Usher?
Madness, decay or isolation.
What is a theme in A Jury of Her Peers?
Correctly names a theme: gender roles, female solidarity, isolation, the limitations of the law, and the contrast between male and female perspectives.
Define Motif (include what it is and what is its function)
A recurring element (image, symbol or idea) that has symbolic significance to the story's central themes.
What is the purpose of the concept of the unknown in film?
The concept of the unknown in film, especially horror, leverages our primal fear of what we can't understand, using ambiguity, suggestion (shadows, unseen threats), and psychological suspense to make audiences imagine the worst, creating deeper terror than explicit monsters might.
Define Science Fiction
Define Gothic Horror
Gothic horror is a literary genre characterised by a blend of suspense, mystery, and the supernatural, creating an atmosphere of dread and terror.
Define Crime Fiction
Crime fiction is a literary genre focused on a crime, its investigation, and resolution, often featuring a detective protagonist
Define connotation.
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is the Lord of the Flies?
A pig's head that symbolises the boy's own inherent human evil.
Name 5 conventions of science fiction
Correctly names 5 conventions.
Name 5 Gothic Horror conventions.
Correctly names 5 conventions.
Name 5 Crime Fiction Conventions
Correctly names 5 Crime Fiction conventions
A third person point of view that is all knowing.
Third person omniscient
Who are the main characters in Taming of the Shrew?
Katherina
Petruchio
Bianca
Lucentio
What is the name of Ray Bradbury's most famous Science Fiction novel?
Fahrenheit 451
What is Edgar Allen Poe's most famous novel?
The Raven
What is the name of Susan Glaspell's most famous text?
A Jury of Her Peers
Name all 5 parts of the narrative structure, in order.
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Denouement
What year was Taming of the Shrew written?
1594