English Year 7 Revision

Question 1

What is scene setting?

Answer 1

The location of where something takes place

Question 2

What is temporal setting?

Answer 2

The time period of where something takes place

Question 3

What are character traits?

Answer 3

Aspects of a person’s behaviour and attitudes that make up that character’s personality - both good and bad.

Question 4

What is Person vs Self?

Answer 4

A struggle within one’s self;usually in their mind.

Question 5

What is Person vs Machine?

Answer 5

A struggle between a person and any means of an any kind of soulless, technological threat.

Question 6

What is Person vs Nature?

Answer 6

A struggle between a person and a natural event/from. (animals, weather, etc)

Question 7

What is Person vs Person?

Answer 7

A struggle between two people, or even more.

Question 8

What is Person vs Fate?

Answer 8

A struggle caused by a strange or unbelievable coincidence.

Question 9

What is Person vs Society?

Answer 9

A struggle between a person and systems of our community.(government, laws)

Question 10

What is imagery?

Answer 10

Vivid description that allows the reader to picture a scene or event.

Question 11

What is tension?

Answer 11

Mental or emotional strain placed on the reader of a book through the author’s description.

Question 12

What is dialogue?

Answer 12

Direct speech with two or more people in a literary text.

Question 13

What is theme?

Answer 13

A reoccurring message or idea in a literary text.

Question 14

What is adversity?

Answer 14

Hardship;difficulty.

Question 15

What is resilience/persistence?

Answer 15

Determination; ability to ‘soldier on’ when faced with difficulties.

Question 16

What is fate?

Answer 16

One’s fortune or destiny.

Question 17

What is society and class?

Answer 17

A group of people that share similar traits that are grouped together in certain societies.

Question 18

What is comparing and contrasting?

Answer 18

Comparing is looking at the similarities between two or more things; contrast is to look at the differences.

Question 19

What is irony?

Answer 19

Something that happens that is the last thing you would expect to happen.

Question 20

What is tone?

Answer 20

Using adjectives and descriptions with a consistent theme to convey a sense of place.

Question 21

What is symbolism?

Answer 21

Using everyday objects to represent ideas or a message.

Question 22

What is figurative language?

Answer 22

When language is used in a non-literal way, usually by making comparisons or using words or phrases out of their usual context.

Question 23

What are flashbacks?

Answer 23

When a story veers from the present and looks back at a past event.

Question 24

What is metalanguage?

Answer 24

The proper terms used to analyse a literary works.

Question 25

What is theme?

Answer 25

A reoccurring message or idea in a literary text.

Question 26

What is adversity?

Answer 26

Hardship;difficulty.

Question 27

What is resilience/persistence?

Answer 27

Determination; ability to ‘soldier on’ when faced with difficulties.

Question 28

What is fate?

Answer 28

One’s fortune or destiny.

Question 29

What is society and class?

Answer 29

A group of people that share similar traits that are grouped together in certain societies.

Question 30

What is comparing and contrasting?

Answer 30

Comparing is looking at the similarities between two or more things; contrast is to look at the differences.

Question 31

What is irony?

Answer 31

Something that happens that is the last thing you would expect to happen.

Question 32

What is tone?

Answer 32

Using adjectives and descriptions with a consistent theme to convey a sense of place.

Question 33

What is symbolism?

Answer 33

Using everyday objects to represent ideas or a message.

Question 34

What is figurative language?

Answer 34

When language is used in a non-literal way, usually by making comparisons or using words or phrases out of their usual context.