8.1.1 Let 'Em Play God Comprehension and Vocabulary

The author’s purpose in writing this essay most likely is to _____________.

• teach writers how to develop a strong leading character

• persuade readers to think of mystery films as superior to action films

• inform readers about the specific elements that create suspense

• entertain readers with information about how popular movies are made

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CCSS.RI.8.6

What does the author most likely mean by “ingredients in a formula” in the passage below?

In order to achieve this, one of the necessary ingredients of the formula is a series of plausible situations with people that are real. When characters are unbelievable you never get suspense, only surprise.

• techniques to attain certain desired effects

• consistent artistic qualities across genres

• actors in a movie

• the set of rules used by every director in the genre

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of paragraph 14?

In none of these was the house filled with shadows, the weather dull and stormy throughout, the moor windswept, and the doors creaky. In fact, it is important in a story with sinister implications to use counterpoint, great contrast between situation and background, as we did in Rope.

• The setting of a film should not necessarily be ominous when there is a criminal element involved.

• Creating a convincing setting requires implementing several visual techniques to achieve a sense of tension.

• The setting of a film must provide the same menacing quality that the criminal shows in order to create tension.

• Creating tension does not require a change of location between two scenes in a film.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Which detail from one of Hitchcock’s films best supports the central idea of paragraph 14?

• “Notorious concerned a woman caught in a web of world events from which she could not extricate herself.”

• “Spellbound was based on complete psychiatric truth.”

• “And when Granger plays the piano he picks a light and childish piece, a minuet. Suspense involves contrast.”

• “Foreign Correspondent was simply the story of a man hammering away at events with a woman who was not much help.”

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose THREE that according to Hitchcock are the ingredients of suspense.

• Include characters with exaggerated personalities.

• Allow the audience to know who has committed the crime.

• Make characters unknowingly interact with the criminal.

• Keep the audience from knowing who the suspect is in the film.

• Allow the audience to ponder when and how a crime will be resolved.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

Which definition is the best for the vocabulary term?

debunk

• one of the things in a mixture

• to expose something as being untrue

• a person who might be guilty of a crime

• believable, reasonable

• not conscious, especially after being hit

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which definition is the best for the vocabulary term?

ingredient

• one of the things in a mixture

• to expose something as being untrue

• a person who might be guilty of a crime

• believable, reasonable

• not conscious, especially after being hit

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which definition is the best for the vocabulary term?

insensibility

• one of the things in a mixture

• to expose something as being untrue

• a person who might be guilty of a crime

• believable, reasonable

• not conscious, especially after being hit

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which definition is the best for the vocabulary term?

plausible

• one of the things in a mixture

• to expose something as being untrue

• a person who might be guilty of a crime

• believable, reasonable

• not conscious, especially after being hit

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which definition is the best for the vocabulary term?

suspect

• one of the things in a mixture

• to expose something as being untrue

• a person who might be guilty of a crime

• believable, reasonable

• not conscious, especially after being hit

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4