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English V4 (JC 8)
Question | Answer |
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Inundate | Overwhelm |
Diminutive | Extremely or unusually small |
Ensuing | Occur after or come after something |
Stentorian | Loud, booming and powerful |
Meek | Quiet, gentle and humble |
Verged | Be very close or on the edge |
Conjunction | Putting 2 words together e.g wasn't, haven't, can't or connecting words e.g and, but, or, yet |
Rising tension of a story | Complication/climax |
What's a memoir | A record of events written by a person having based on personal first hand observation. |
What's a short reflective poem | Haiku |
What does a synopsis tell you about | A synopsis tells you a quick summary of a longer piece of work like a book, movie, play, or research paper. It gives you the main points without all the details. |
What's a non-diegetic sound | Voiceover |
In David and Goliath what was used to defeat Goliath | A slingshot and stone |
What type of writing has a by-line | News articles, opinion pieces or feature stories |
What something in an argument that discredits the opposition | Rebuttal |
Jargon | Technical language used by experts in a certain field |
Order of a film review | Introduction, the body, the recommendation, and the conclusion |
Rhyming Schemes | A pattern of rhymes represented by letters E.g AA BB, AB AB |
What's pathos | Evoking pity or sadness |
What is the extended metaphor in the Macbeth story | It is about a candle representing life which says life is a burning wick, which dwindles quick (life ends quickly), as it fades the light does show the common death. Life be a waning flame, fire weak burning meek, that splutters, then seen no more (death) |
What's a protagonist | A main character that usually serves as the hero |
What is it called when the camera follows a character | Camera tracking |
Subordinate Clause | Also known as a dependant clause because it can be used on its own and needs to depend on another main clause so it can add to it. |