Starter quiz

  • 'The War of the Worlds' is an example of which genre?
    • Science fiction  ✓
    • Romance
    • Drama
    • Tragedy
  • If you describe someone as villainous then their behaviour is ...
    • immoral and wicked.  ✓
    • stupid and arrogant.
    • sneaky and rude.
    • cheeky and silly.
  • Jun created a character for his story that had strong elements of a tragic hero. We could describe what Jun has done here as ...
    • context.
    • characterisation.  ✓
    • research.
    • creativity.
  • A group of words related in some way can be described as a ...
    • semantic field.  ✓
    • group of three.
    • theme.
    • acronym.
  • 'The last sentence in a paragraph, concluding that paragraph’s main idea or focus.' What is being described here?
    • Topic sentence
    • Discourse marker
    • Concluding sentence  ✓
    • Supporting detail
  • Which of the below is the best definition of the adjective 'tense'?
    • On edge, as if something bad is going to happen.  ✓
    • On edge, as if something good is going to happen.
    • On edge, as if something exciting is going to happen.
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