Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote 'Macbeth' during the reign of which person?
King James I
What type of word is "slowly"?
Adverb
What technique is used here?
"I'm so tired, I couldn't move if I tried."
Hyperbole
What is a montage?
A series of rapid shots to either show closely associated ideas, or the passing of time
What is the main ingredient in hummus?
Chickpeas
Who was Shakespeare married to?
Anne Hathaway
What is a preposition?
A word that shows a relation between two things (e.g. "the book is under the table)
Name 2 motifs in Macbeth.
Answers can include:
- Water, babies, blood, animal noises / animal imagery, dagger, prophecies, etc.,,
What is mise-en-scene?
It refers to what is put in a scene - essentially the composition of a scene (characters, setting, props, placement, etc.)
In which year did Usain Bolt set his 100m in 9.58 seconds world record?
2009
What is Shakespeare's longest play?
Hamlet
What is an anagram?
When a word's letters are rearranged to make another separate word.
What technique is used in these sentences?
"He ran like the wind." "they lived happily ever after." "Think outside the box."
Cliches
Explain the difference between a panning shot and a tracking shot
Panning - usually moves side to side to give a panoramic view of the setting, or move from one character to another. Fixed to one spot on the ground.
Tracking - moves with the subject of the shot
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The 13 original colonies
Shakespeare's plays generally fall under three categories, what are they?
Tragedies, Comedies, Histories
What is the passive tense?
When the receiver of the action is positioned first as the focus of the sentence.
(e.g. The garden was watered by Jim)
Name three types of contexts we can consider when analysing a text.
Answers can include: historical, literary, personal, cultural/social
What is an invisible cut?
The invisible cut is meant to hide the fact that a cut has occurred, usually by having large objects pass over the entirety of the camera's view.
What is the longest running Broadway show?
Phantom of the Opera
In Act 4, Macbeth revisits the Witches for a second round of prophecies. Upon asking if Banquo's sons will ever reign in Scotland, how many crowned kings does he see?
8
In the English language, what is the present continuous tense? (or give an example)
A word that is formed to show that an action is happening now, frequently and may continue into the future.
(e.g. "She is sitting on the grass." "She is eating her lunch.")
Differentiate between sibilance, alliteration and assonance.
Sibilance - repetition of S sounds
Alliteration - repetition of the same letter at the start of close-together or successive worsd
Assonance - resemblance of vowel sounds across close-by words
What is an intertitle? What are some of its purposes?
A word or group of words that appear on-screen during a movie but are not part of a scene, to supply an epigraph, such as a poem, or to distinguish various "acts" of a film or multimedia production by use as a title card.
Describe the mummification process.
1. Removing all internal parts (such as the brain), 2. cover the body with salt to dry and preserve the body, 3. cover the body in linen strips and place amulets among the wrappings, 4. buried in a sarcophagus