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Princess Mononoke
Language Analysis
Comparison
Grammar
Miscellaneous
100
Who directed 'Princess Mononoke'?
Hayao Miyazaki
100
'We', 'our' and 'us' are examples of...
Inclusive language
100
A comparative essay asks you to compare and ___ two or more texts.
Contrast
100
What sentence type is shown in the following two sentences? 'John is seven years old. He is in grade one.'
Simple sentence
100
Who was the first Boar God to become a demon?
Nago
200
What is the name of Ashitaka's village?
Emishi
200
A rhetorical question is a question that doesn't need an answer. It can be persuasive because...
It makes the answer seem obvious
200
Who is the author of 'A Sound of Thunder'?
Ray Bradbury
200
Timothy, Australia, Monday and London are all ____ nouns.
Proper
200
An adjective is a ___ word.
Describing
300
San considers herself the daughter of ____, the Wolf God.
Moro
300
Which persuasive technique is evident in the following headline? 'Terror Target Taken Out'
Alliteration
300
What themes are shared by 'Princess Mononoke' and 'A Sound of Thunder'?
Environmentalism Greed Violence
300
Which sentence types are evident in this passage? 'Tina is the plant supervisor and the fire warden. Despite her inexperience, she is a valuable member of the company.'
Compound sentence and complex sentence.
300
Of the following words, which is not a concrete noun? Chair, table, truth, water, telephone
Truth
400
How many shots did it take to knock off the Forest Spirit's head?
2
400
'If we don't act now and ban violent video games, our children are going to be irreversibly corrupted. If this isn't done as soon as possible, we will be raising a generation of killers.' What appeals is the author of this passage making?
Appeal to family values Appeal to fear
400
What themes do both of these poem extracts share? Poem 1: If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. Poem 2:To the memory of all who have fallen in war. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning …we will remember them
War Death Loss
400
Love, hate and willpower are ____ nouns.
Abstract
400
What words could be used to describe the tone of the following passage? 'It's great that the government is so behind on this issue. I'm sure the millions of hard-working taxpayers in this country are thrilled to see their hard-earned money being wasted on such a trivial matter.'
Sarcastic Satirical Tongue-in-cheek
500
What is the name of Ashitaka's sister?
Kaya
500
Identify three persuasive techniques in the following passage. 'The endangered river dolphin is perilously close to extinction. As a marine biologist who has lived in China, I have seen the terrible pollution affecting the country's rivers and can understand why this poor animal's numbers are declining. Action must be taken now, action must be taken decisively and it must be effective - otherwise, the river dolphin will have no hope.'
Emotive language Anecdote Call to action Repetition Appeal to sympathy
500
Identify the comparative metalanguage in the following passage. In 'Frankenstein' (1818), Mary Shelley shows how Victor Frankenstein's quest for perfection backfires horribly when attempting to create life synthetically. In contrast, in Fay Weldon's 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil' (1983), the female protagonist transforms herself through surgery into the image of her husband's mistress and successfully exacts revenge on him.'
'In contrast'
500
What is the adverb in the following passage? 'The nurse tenderly wrapped the soldier's gruesome wound.'
Tenderly
500
What is the name of Kohroku the ox-driver's wife?
Toki