TCE English (ENG315117) genre, adaptation and close text study: exam-style practice quiz

the new text created by adapting an earlier one

the source text that an adaptation is based on

the audience's response to a film adaptation

a critical essay comparing two adaptations

codes that construct the convention of an oppressive, powerful regime

conventions that replace any need to analyse the power of the regime

plot events that show what eventually happens to the regime in the film

context that explains when and where the film was first produced

This essay will discuss the two thriller texts and the flawed protagonists that appear in each of them

Flawed protagonists are an interesting feature of many texts that people have read and enjoyed over the years

Both texts make their protagonists' flaws the source of suspense, so audiences fear for and judge them

The first text was written earlier than the second text, and both of these texts belong to the thriller genre

Writing the first half of the essay on one text and the second half on the other

Summarising the plot of each text before beginning any analysis at all

Using one paragraph per technique without naming which text it comes from

Discussing both texts within each paragraph, linked by a shared idea or convention

The novel was published many years ago, and a great many things have changed in the world since that time

Written amid rising fear of surveillance, the novel's watching eyes warn against trading privacy for safety

The author was born in a large city and later moved to a small country town before writing the novel

Context is very important in this novel because every text that has ever been written has a context

the invited reading of the text

the hypertext of the text

the genre conventions of the text

the medium of the adaptation

The film has a courtroom scene near the end, while the short story does not include a courtroom scene

The film runs much longer than the short story, and it also adds a musical score and a new title

By adding a courtroom climax, the film turns private guilt into public justice for a mainstream audience

In the film the main character has a different hair colour and wears different clothes from the story

the protagonists silence in the last chapter kind of shows hes guilty i reckon

The protagonist's silence in the final chapter suggests complicity rather than innocence.

The protagonist's silence in the last chapter is really, really suss if you think about it.

In the final chapter the protagonists' silence, suggest's complicity rather then innocence

The narrator hides the identity of the murderer from readers until the very last chapter

A totalitarian government controls every citizen's life through constant surveillance

The story is set in a distant future, long after the collapse of modern human society

The writer selects and reconstructs remembered events, raising questions of truth and memory

a red herring

a flashback

an unreliable narrator

a resolution

The student loses only one criterion rating and keeps the other ratings

The blank section is ignored and the award is based on the other two

The student is limited to a Preliminary Achievement award overall

The student receives a C rating for the blank section as a minimum

shows that the settlement's clockmaker has recently left, so none of the clocks can be fixed

proves that the story is set in the seventh century, before accurate clocks were in use

uses alliteration to create a pleasant rhythm that reassures readers about the settlement

symbolises a regime that freezes time and forbids change, presenting control as unnatural