Vocab
Context
Author
Quotes
Skills
100

To expose something as being untrue

Debunk

100

What kind of literary work is Let 'Em Play God?

An essay

100

Where is Alfred Hitchcock from?

London, Britain
100

"As far as I’m concerned, you have suspense when you let the ____________ play God."

Audience

100

You can _________________ questions in order to identify what you would like to learn

Generate

200

A state of unconsciousness 

Insensibility
200

Who wrote Let 'Em Play God

Alfred Hitchcock

200

Alfred Hitchcock is the Master of _______________. 

Suspense

200

"Offhand this may sound like debunking, but I do not believe that _____________ the audience is the essence of suspense."

Puzzling

200

______________ reading, you can preview a text's title and header 

______________ reading, you can ask questions about unfamiliar words or passages

______________ reading, you can ask yourselves questions to help analyze the main idea of the text

Before

During

After

300

Believed or reasonable

Plausible

300

What does Hitchcock say about the audience in relation to his movies?

To let them make their own suspense

300

He was the first to create these kinds of movies

"Talkies"

300

"one of the necessary ingredients of the formula is a series of ____________ situations with people that are __________________ ."

Plausible, Real

300

The author's _____________ is the author's reason for writing

Purpose

400

A person who might be guilty of a crime

Suspect

400

What imaginary movie does Alfred Hitchcock reference in his essay?

Rope

400

Many of his movies have ______________ settings, unlike other mystery movies that have puzzling and horror-like settings.

realistic 

400

"The _____________ knows everything from the start, the _____________ know nothing."

Audience, Players

400

The author's ___________________ refers to the way an author looks at a topic or subject

Point of view

500

The ____________ to keep them there is called “suspense.”

Ingredient

500

What does Alfred Hitchcock believe is essential in a suspense movie?

Contrast between the setting and the audience

500

How many feature films did Alfred Hitchcock direct?

Over 50

500

"And when Granger plays the piano he picks a light and childish piece, a minuet. Suspense involves __________________ ."

Contrast

500

Sometimes the author's point of view will be ________________ stated

directly