Y8 Homework Quiz due 9th May

Which word describes someone or something very cruel and violent?

• Brutal

• Vulnerable

• Malnourished

• Poverty

​ (a)   is the act of treating someone ​ (b)   to benefit from their ​ (c)   .

• Exploitation
• unfairly
• work
• moral

Match the following

• Social commentary

• Buildings created by the government where desperate people would go for food and shelter.

• Malnourished

• Someone who is weak and in bad health because of a lack of nutrients from food.

• Social inequality

• Writing about issues in society.

• Workhouses

• When people in society do not have the same status, rights or opportunities.

Which word describes a bad person in a story, who harms other people or breaks the law to get what they want?

• Vulnerable

• Poverty

• Villain

• Brutal

Which word describes someone who is likely to change suddenly without reason?

• Unpredictable

• Malnourished

• Corrupt

• Compassionate

Which word describes someone who shows pity and concern about the suffering or bad luck of other people?

• Corrupt

• Compassionate

• Victim

• Naive

The ​ (a)   of a story is the key ​ (b)   information, usually at the ​ (c)   .

• exposition
• background
• beginning
• shift

​ (a)   stories are associated with ​ (b)   , mystery and ​ (c)   .

• Gothic
• darkness
• horror
• brightness

Match the following

• The point that a story's tension builds up to.

• Climax

• The order of events in a story.

• Structure

• An element of a story that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety or fear.

• Tension

• An important change or development in a story.

• Shift

Which word is used to describe a feeling that a person is worthless or beneath you?

• Moral

• Facetious

• Contempt

• Corrupt