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WorksheetsYear 9 End of Year Quiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
hamartia
a realisation
giving human aspects to non human things
main character
fatal flaw
Marginalised
excluded from mainstream society
a turning point
to feel pity
to be angered by another
Hubris
excessive pride or arrogance
fatal flaw
the highest point of tension
exaggeration
Foreshadow
using the same sound or letter in consecutive words
hint at later events
to go back in time in the narrative
a release of emotions
Cliffhanger
understating
exaggeration
an ending open to interpretation
contrasting words for effect
Anagnorisis
to feel pity or sympathy
a moment of realisation
using like or as to compare
excessive pride or arrogance
juxtaposition
hinting at later events
shifting perspective
contrasting ideas
using the weather to symbolise emotion
third person omniscient narrator
all knowing narrator, who is 'above' the story rather than involved
told through the eyes of a single character using personal pronouns
two narrators tell the same story from different perspectives
narrator retells events but only follows a single character
Exposition
exaggeration
contrasting ideas
story's set up
conflict
oxymoron
words with opposite meaning placed together for effect
meanings are left unclear
an object representing bigger ideas
common phrases or sayings
cyclical structure
confusing narratives
words or phrases being restated
to feel pity or sympathy
a story that begins and ends in the same place/point
dehumanised
stripped of humanity
slavery
protective
understanding realities
protagonist
opposes the hero
assists
love interest
main character
contempt
unclear
scorn or look down on
open to interpretation
purity
prejudice
intolerance or bias
justification
excluded from society
lack of justice
dramatic irony
saying one thing but meaning the opposite
when the audience is ahead of the characters in the narrative
when unexpected things happen
when someone uses lots of sarcasm
flashback
an event/scene set earlier than the main narrative
the writer's hints about events to happen later in the narrative
when the focus shifts to another topic in the narrative
when the narrator changes
ambiguous
clearly stated
water bound
open to interpretation
sealed deal
enjambment
punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry
a simple sentence
rhyming lines of poetry
when the sentence carries over to the next line of poetry
Allegory
exaggerated
a story with a hidden message
beginning and ending in the same place
treated as less than human
Imagery
figurative language
literal language
time shifts in the narrative
descriptive language that creates pictures of the text for the reader
Zoomorphism
giving human traits to non human things
applying animal traits to human characters
describing animals as human like
using objects to represent bigger ideas
Dialogue
summarising
exaggerate
characters' speech
lines of poetry
indirect characterisation
description of a character
using like or as to compare
character speech/actions that tell us something more about another character who may not be present
the incident that draws the main character into the conflict
Personification
understating
human traits given to non human things
a similar sound or letter using in consecutive words
slang or common language - non standard English
Peripeteia
excessive pride or arrogance
the audience's release of emotions
feeling pity or sympathy
the reversal of fortunes
Denouement
resolution of the story - the ending
the incident that draws the character into the conflict
the conflicts in the text
the main turning point
"But still, like air, I'll rise," this line is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
allusion
personification
In 'Still I Rise' - "Out of the huts of history's shame," this quote is which of the following?
An allusion of segregation
An allusion to slavery
simile about her life
a metaphor about Africa
What does empathy mean?
A way of describing something by saying something is something.
When someone feels like they understand what someone else is experiencing and how they feel about it.
When two things are described in a way which emphasises how different they are.
Language that creates a picture in your mind, bringing the text to life.
A tragic hero is
An underdog character who surprises everyone at the end of the play
The protagonist who is actually sad and embarrassing
The protagonist who has a fatal flaw that leads to their downfall
Any protagonist in a Shakespearean play
Why do we need comic relief in a tragedy?
To provide a release for the intense emotions being experienced
So that the play doesn't become boring
Trick question: there is no comic relief in a tragedy
If there was no relief, we might laugh when the tragic hero dies
The idea that events and outcomes are meant to happen and therefore unavoidable is known as...
Fate
Fortune
A relief
The future
Catharsis is
Feeling the same emotions as the characters on stage
The fatal flaw that a tragic hero has
A big word
A satisfying release of emotions, normally at the end of a film, novel or play
How many Acts does a Shakespearean Tragedy have?
3
5
7
1
What was the name of the era that Shakespeare wrote during?
Elizabethan
Victorian
Georgian
Ancient
When a Shakespearean character is fighting with different desires within themselves, this is known as
Moral dilemma
Introspection
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
The physical fighting between two characters on stage is known as
Internal conflict
External conflict
Fun
Banter
What ultimately ends the feud between the Capulets and Montagues?
A final, decisive battle.
The prince's exile of both families.
A desperate plea from Romeo and Juliet.
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet's love is described as star-crossed, which means ____________.
Lost.
Planned by God.
Famous.
Ill-fated.
Who is the author of 'The Hate U Give'?
Angie Thomas
Arthur Miller
Tennessee Williams
Maya Angelou
In 'Small Island' what does the title refer to?
Trinidad
England & Jamaica
The small mindedness of England
The isolation of Hortense
Which characters experience disappointment? Select all that apply.
Hortense
Gilbert
Starr
Queenie
Jim Crow laws required what?
Racial segregation
Separate facilities for men and women
White supremacy in cities
Employers to hire on equality
What are some of the themes in Small Island?
Isolation
Hope
The American Dream
Violence
Disloyalty
What is code switching?
Web building on the internet
When black people speak like white people
When people change an aspect of their behaviour or appearance to better fit in
When you speak more formally to suit the purposes of the situation - like in a job interview
Which of these are common themes of American Literature?
American Dream and its critiques
A fatal flaw in the protagonist
Individual vs society
Freedom and oppression
Which of these are American female authors who contributed to the American Literature genre?
Mary Shelley
Maya Angelou
Sylvia Plath
Emily Bronte
Who is famous for writing the novel 'The Colour Purple'?
Sylvia Plath
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Langston Hughes was an important figure from which cultural and artistic movement?
Romantic
Elizabethan
Gothic
Harlem Rennaissance
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A 1960s movement that fought for equality of women in society.
A cultural movement in 1920’s America, which celebrated black traditions, black voices and ways of life
A political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish institutional racial segregation
A period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained nationwide popularity
What movement and era was F. Scott Fitzgerald writing in?
2nd Wave Feminism
Civil Rights
Beat Generation
Jazz Age
When Starr punches Hayley what type of conflict is this?
Internal
External
When Romeo is depressed and frustrated by Rosaline's rejection - what type of conflict is this?
Internal
External
Man Vs Nature is what type of conflict?
Internal
External
What makes a monologue different to a soliloquy?
It is spoken to another character
It is the characters thoughts aloud
There is a sense of secrecy
It is shorter
What is Romeo's internal conflict in the beginning of the play?
Heartbreak over Juliet
Heartbreak over Rosaline
Despair at the feud
Frustration over his parents
Tybalt and Romeo's fight is an example of what type of conflict?
Internal
External
Where is the climax in Romeo and Juliet?
Tybalt's murder
Mercutio's death
Romeo and Juliet's suicide
The Friar's warning
Why is Tybalt's death at the hands of Romeo the beginning of the peripeteia (reversal)?
It calms down the tension and ends the fight
It begins the feud again, building the drama of the play - things now get way more violent
Romeo is now a murderer and Juliet can never love him again
Romeo has broken the Prince's orders and will be exiled - his fortunes have changed
