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Detective Fiction Assessment Guide

This document outlines an assessment for a class on detective fiction, focusing on core knowledge and conventions of the genre. It includes questions about narrative structure, character roles, and specific examples from detective stories. The assessment is graded on a scale from 'Emerging' to 'Mastered' based on the total score out of 20.

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Detective Fiction Assessment Guide

This document outlines an assessment for a class on detective fiction, focusing on core knowledge and conventions of the genre. It includes questions about narrative structure, character roles, and specific examples from detective stories. The assessment is graded on a scale from 'Emerging' to 'Mastered' based on the total score out of 20.

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Class: Four

Assessment Point: AP1/ Autumn 2

Block Number: One, Detective Fiction

Assessment Type: Core Knowledge

Question Answer
1. A genre is a
___________________
_____________________________
_
Complete the sentence.
2. Name one convention of
detective fiction.

3. Find one convention


example from detective
fiction from the comic strip?

4. What is a protagonist?
Pick one.
- the main character of the
story
- the villain in the story
5. Name a character we
expect to see in detective
fiction.

6. When was the 19th Century?


7. Complete the sentence.
A non-linear narrative is
____________________ order.

8. Give me an example of a
first person perspective.
9. What is a Linear Narrative?
Pick one.
- A narrative told in time
order.
- A narrative not in time
order.

10. Label the parts of the


linear narrative.

1. Exposition
2. Climax
3. Rising Action
4. Resolution
5. Falling Action

(5 marks)
11. Complete the
sentence.
Direct speech uses speech
marks/ does not use speech
marks.
12. Complete the
sentence.
Indirect speech uses
speech marks/ does not use
speech marks.
13. Give one example of
a detective we have studied
and why they are a
detective.
(2 marks)
14. What do we learn
about Holmes in this
description?

He appeared to have a
passion for definite and
exact knowledge. One day I
asked him what he was
doing, and he answered: ‘I
am studying footprints.’ I
was astonished, for the room
was filled with smoke, and
Holmes was leaning back in
his chair, blowing rings of
tobacco into the air.

15. Name one character


feature of a detective in a
detective story.

Total: /20

Emerging: 25% or below (5/20)

Developing: 25% - 50% (6/20 - 10/20)

Secure: 50% - 75% (11/20 – 15/20)

Mastered: 75% - 100% (16/20 – 20/20)

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