Short Film Studies
This part of the story introduces the characters and the setting.
What is the Introduction (or Exposition)?
In 2009, this extremist group officially banned all girls in the Swat Valley from attending school.
Who are the Taliban?
Originating traditionally from Japan, this poetic form captures a single moment or reflection on nature using a strict 5/7/5 syllable pattern.
What is a Haiku?
When experiencing a story this way, you read character names and look for hidden sound cues while your eyes do the investigating.
What is the Transcript (or Text)?
He is the main 11-year-old narrator of the podcast who attends HG Wells Middle School.
Who is Mars Patel?
Known as the battle between two opposing forces, a story cannot have a plot without this key element.
What is Conflict?
This is the name of the school Malala attended in Mingora City, which was run by her father.
What is the Khushal School for Girls?
A collection of lines intentionally grouped together, this poetic structure is similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
This mysterious billionaire is the director of Pruitt Prep and signs off with the catchphrase, “To the stars!”.
Who is Oliver Pruitt?
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This plot technique occurs when a story interrupts its normal timeline to reveal an important event or memory from the past.
What is a Flashback?
This is the absolute high point or most exciting part of a short story or film.
What is the Climax?
Malala's childhood was deeply influenced by this family member, a school headmaster who fanned the flames of her love for learning.
Who is her father (Ziauddin Yousafzai)?
This device creates a vivid comparison between two things by explicitly using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
When the kids finally reunite with Jonas at Pruitt Prep, Caddie realizes something is deeply strange about him because she can no longer do this to him.
What is read his thoughts?
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In a podcast format, a listener directly feels this narrative element through the actor's tone, volume, and breathing.
What is Emotion?
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This 5-letter acronym helps readers remember the core elements of indirect characterization: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks.
What is STEAL?
Under the pseudonym "Gul Makai," an 11-year-old Malala wrote a secret diary documenting her life for this major global news organization.
What is the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)?
This literary device involves using extreme, exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
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This latin phrase is the mysterious message that Mars receives at the end of Episode 2, which Toothpick later discovers means "to the stars".
What is “ad astra”?
Malala was this young when she survived the assassination attempt—an age normally associated with friends and dreaming about the future.
How old is 15?
In the "Notice & Note" strategy, this signpost occurs when a character acts or speaks in a way that completely contradicts what we expect them to do.
What is Contrasts & Contradictions?
Following her medical evacuation and recovery from Pakistan, Malala and her family relocated to this city in England.
What is Birmingham?
This device occurs when an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea is given human-like characteristics.
What is personification?
This specific location is where the kids travel to find Pruitt Prep and find themselves being stalked by drones.
What is Gale Island?
In 2014, Malala's global advocacy for children's rights led her to become the youngest recipient in history of this prestigious award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?