Us Mob
Language Techniques
Poetry
Film Techniques
General Knowledge
100
What is the name of Ruby's uncle?
Archie
100
What is the technique called where words sound like what they are describing?
Onomatopoeia
100
What is a paragraph of a poem called?
Stanza
100
What is the film technique called when the camera is zoomed in on a person's face?
Close-up
100
What type of meat is used in shepherd's pie?
Lamb
200
Where do the characters go for the sports carnival?
Tulu
200
Which technique is used to compare something to something else, without using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
200
What is the technique where the end of two lines sound the same?
Rhyme
200
What is the shot called when the camera shows the entire landscape to show the setting?
Establishing or extreme long shot
200
What is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Delta
300
What is the technique in this quote: the branches of the tree stuck out like a skeleton.
Simile
300
What two techniques can you identify in the following quote:
The sun smiled down on me
How I loved the warmth it gave me!
Rhyme
Personification
300
What is the technique in the following:
Core of my heart, my country!
Metaphor
300
What camera angle is shown in this shot?
Bird's eye view/overhead shot
300
Which country has the most islands in the world?
Sweden
400
What is the real reason the people wanted to go on the sports trip?
To visit with family/ Tjilpi's brother Titus
400
What is the purpose of sensory imagery?
To create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader
400
What is the purpose of repetition?
To reinforce a message/make certain words stick in the reader's mind/ to emphasise the importance
400
What was the short film 'Visible' about?
A young girl with a disability feeling invisible to her peers and then becoming confident and making connections with others
400
Aureolin is a shade of what colour?
Yellow
500
What are the full names of the two authors of the novel?
David Spillman and Lisa Wilyuka
500
What is the name of the technique where the weather is used to reflect the emotions of the characters?
Pathetic fallacy
500
What is the technique in this poem:
Land of the rainbow gold/
For flood and fire and famine
Alliteration
500
What is a point-of-view shot and what is the purpose?
When the camera is showing something from a character's perspective to allow the audience to understand their point-of-view.
500
What is a group of pandas known as?
An embarrassment