Year 9

Unseen Fiction Texts: Pre-1900

Year 9

Unseen Fiction Texts: Pre-1900

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will start by finding out a little bit about the background of our next text which is an extract from Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. We will look at the key themes as well as generic contexts before beginning to read the extract. When reading the extract, we will draw on our learning from previous lessons and revisit our reading process. You will be provided with prompt questions to help you track your way through the text systematically, thinking about what happens - first / next / then and finally. Feedback will be given at each stage.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which one of the following is not a structural device?
flash-forward
Correct answer: sentences
shift in perspective
zoom in
Q2.
If you wanted to say that Rosabel is a symbol of working class people - what character type term would you use?
Correct answer: everyman
protagonist
victim
Q3.
Which word is not a synonym for 'humility'?
Correct answer: brashness
demureness
meekness
reservedness
shyness
Q4.
What type of character provides a contrast to our hero?
antagonist
Correct answer: foil
protagonist
Q5.
All texts start with a point of equilibrium?
Correct answer: false
true

5 Questions

Q1.
At the start of the text, how is Lucy feeding herself?
attacking people on the streets
stealing animals
Correct answer: stealing children
Q2.
Who was Lucy engaged to?
Correct answer: Arthur Holmwood
Dr John Seward
Quincey Morris
Van Helsing
Q3.
What does Van Helsing use to control Lucy?
a candle
Correct answer: a crucifix
a gun
a rope
Q4.
What happens to Lucy at the end of the extract?
she has disappeared completely
she has escaped
she is dead
Correct answer: she is trapped back in the coffin
Q5.
What does Van Helsing rescue right at the end of the extract?
a small animal
Arthur Holmwood
his crucifix
Correct answer: the unnamed child