Year 8 Science-Fiction

In the novel 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein is...

• The monster

• The scientist

• One of the villagers

• The name of the publisher

The novel 'Frankenstein' is one of the earliest examples of what genre?

• Science Fiction

• Romance

• History

• Comedy

What word is missing from the following Frankenstein quote?

"I saw the dull ___________eye of the creature open; it breathed hard"

• green

• black

• yellow

• brown

Victor Frankenstein describes the monster's movements as "convulsive". What does "convulsive" mean?

• slow

• sudden

• gentle

• careful

Frankenstein's monster introduces himself to two villagers. What are their names?

• Mary and Paul

• Felix and Agatha

• Felix and Freddie

• Adam and Agatha

The following quote is an example of which descriptive device?

"She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain".

• A metaphor

• A simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

In the short story 'All Summer in a Day',how long had it rained for on the planet Venus?

• Seven days

• Seven months

• Seven weeks

• Seven years

The following quote is an example of which descriptive device?

"the sun came out and shyly showed its face to the world"

• A smilie

• An adjective

• Personification

• Alliteration

There are five parts in 'Story Mountain' - which is missing here?

Opening

Problem

Reaction

Resolution

• Build up

• End

• Beginning

• Conclusion

In 'The Father-Thing', the remains of Charles's father are described as what?

• A blob of alien slime

• A dead mouse, cold and limp

• A rotten apple, mouldy and smelly

• A discarded snake skin, flaky and crumbling