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ASSESSMENT
LESSON NOTES-27
Subject-English
Class-VIII
CHAPTER-7 “From Storytelling to Film-making”
By-Saraswathi Srinivasan and Ranaditya
Baruah
A1. Answer the following questions:
Q.1-How did mankind’s tryst with storytelling begin
?
Q.2- Write a paragraph on ‘oral storytelling’ .
Q.3- What do you understand by ‘hieroglyphic language’ ?
Q.4- How was photography a major step in the tradition of storytelling?
Q.5- What is the most popular form of sharing stories today?
A2. Answer these questions with reference to the context :
Q.1- The biggest impediment to the written word during the middle ages
was the issue of literacy.
a. How was ‘the issue of literacy’ the biggest impediment to ‘the written
word’ ?
b. How did the uneducated masses continue to share their stories ?
c. What become popular during this age ?
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Q.2- It was not until the invention of the printing press in the 15 century
that people could have access to literature.
a. Who invented the printing press ?
b. What was the effect of the invention?
c. What do some historians believe about the printing press?
