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Language Features
Structural Features
Great Expectations
Alice in Wonderland
Brighton Rock
100
List three examples of figurative language.
Simile, Metaphor, Personification
100
List three structural features.
Narrative perspective Circular/Linear structure Paragraph length Sentence length Change in focus/tone/pace/weather Punctuation Dialogue and Narrative
100
Who wrote 'Great Expectations'?
Charles Dickens
100
Who wrote 'Alice in Wonderland'?
Lewis Carroll
100
Who wrote 'Brighton Rock'?
Graham Greene
200
Give an example of amplification.
e.g. This orchard, this lovely, shady orchard, is the main reason I bought this property. (Amplification involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over.)
200
What are the names of the five main sections of a narrative?
Opening/Exposition Development Complication/Problem Crisis/Climax Ending/Resolution
200
What is a Bildungsroman?
A Bildungsroman is a novel that follows a character growing up.
200
What game are the characters playing in the extract we read?
Croquet
200
What weekend is it at the start of the novel?
Whitsun Weekend (The second bank holiday in May.)
300
Give an example of parallelism.
e.g. “I came. I saw. I conquered.” (Parallelism is when several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance.)
300
What type of sentence is this: 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'?
Compound sentence
300
Where is the beginning of the novel set?
A graveyard
300
When do you think 'Alice in Wonderland' was first published: 1855, 1865, 1875 or 1885?
1865
300
Finish this quotation: 'HALE knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that...' (There are five missing words.)
HALE knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.
400
Give an example of antithesis.
e.g. That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (Antithesis establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure.)
400
What punctuation mark would you use to join these two clauses and where would you put it? Elephants live in hot countries. They cool off by bathing.
Semi colon Elephants live in hot countries; they cool off by bathing.
400
What does Magwitch, the convict, ask Pip to bring him the next day?
A file and wittles. (A file and food.)
400
Which character serves as herald to the King and Queen of Hearts?
The White Rabbit
400
What is the name of Hale's character?
Kolley Kibber
500
Give an example of anaphora.
e.g. To think on death it is a misery,/ To think on life it is a vanity;/ To think on the world verily it is,/ To think that here man hath no perfect bliss. (Anaphora the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism.)
500
What punctuation mark would you use to join these two clauses and where would you put it? : ; - - The first time I went skiing is when I met my husband. And the first time I broke my leg
Dashes The first time I went skiing - and the first time I broke my leg - is when I met my husband.
500
Finish this quotation: "I'll have your..." (There are four words missing.)
"I'll have your heart and liver out."
500
In the game of croquet, what are the balls and what are the mallets?
Hedgehogs are the balls and flamingos are the mallets.
500
How many people were in Brighton that day?
50,000