English Exam

Question 1

Order to analyse

poetry

Answer 1

1. Read through the poem
2. Consider the main ideas or themes
3. Work through the poem highlighting poetic devices
4. Make brief notes on the margins which indicate what you think the effect is
5. consider how these techniques help portray the idea

Question 2

4 things that need to be considered to avoid over simple analysis of an autobiography

Answer 2

1. Analyse the purpose of the text
2. Develop a full understanding of the events
3. outline the main ideas
4. Evalute its effectiveness

Question 3

Whatis the purpose of an autobiography

Answer 3

To tell the story of a person life written by that person

Question 4

What are Gifted Hands main messages

Answer 4

bullying, racism, abandonment, education

Overall persistence

Question 5

Structure of a story

Answer 5

Orientation, complication, climax, resolution

Question 6

Noun

Answer 6

Person, place, or thing

Question 7

Adjective

Answer 7

describing word

Question 8

Verb

Answer 8

Doing word

Question 9

Adverb

Answer 9

Describes a verb

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

Sound words

Question 11

Alliteration

Answer 11

The repetition of the first consonant sound

Question 12

Assonance

Answer 12

Repetition of a vowle sound

Question 13

Tone

Answer 13

The mood or feeling of the language

Question 14

What are the main ideas in the poem you have yourself to blame?

Answer 14

Responsibility to not make excuses. They are in control of where you go

Question 15

What is the main aim of a documentary

Answer 15

To inform the viewers about factual topics

Question 16

What are some specific aims for a documentary

Answer 16

1. Record a historical important even
2. Inform viewers
3. convey a particular opinion of an issue
4. raise public awareness

Question 17

Actuality footage

Answer 17

Film form real-life people, places, and events

Question 18

Archival footage

Answer 18

A film that was shot for an earlier usually unidentified,

production, such as a newsreel, home movie, outtakes, etc.

Question 19

Voice-over/Expositions

Answer 19

Pictures playing while someone talks over the tops

Question 20

Montage

Answer 20

editing, and piecing together separate sections of the film to form a continuous whole.

Question 21

Reaction shots

Answer 21

Film of someone’s reaction whether it is happy or shocking

Question 22

Point of view shots

Answer 22

Following the pack of a person’s head