Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.1 - Happy ending? for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Read the review of the film Paterson and answer the questions.

Answer

question 1

  • A fairly serious magazine / paper / website.
  • The tone is neutral and the language Is sophisticated with a wide range of vocabulary and some complex sentences (much more than would be expected in a more informal publication).

question 2

Students' own opinions. This will probably depend on whether they like the sound of a non-plot-driven indie movie.

question 3

  • acting ✓ → paragraph 2, 3
  • directing ✗ → paragraph 1 (the final sentence) and 3
  • music ✗
  • editing ✓ → paragraph 3
  • casting ✓ → paragraph 3
  • plot ✓ → paragraph 2
  • appeal ✓ → paragraph 4

question 4

  1. indie movies, movie-viewers, low budgets, artsy stories, story-line, plot-driven, protagonist, moviegoer
  2. masterplece, impressive body of work, modest yet powerful poems, exquisite Golshifteh Farahani, unhurried, lyrical, seduces us with its stark imagery, tribute to the casting director that ... , each character comes across with a realism that creates a sense of intimacy with the audience, Driver's performance as Paterson is extraordinary, will surprise and reward you, a film for everyone.
  3. idle moments, woven through the film, deeply devoted partner, artistic pursuits, each more whimsical than, imposing voice

question 5

  • Para 1 → Jarmusch's background and previous films.
  • Para 2 → A description of the story / plot.
  • Para 3 → The main evaluation of the directing, casting and acting.
  • Para 4 → A summary and recommendation.

The ideas are cohesive. Each paragraph keeps to a single topic and cohesive devices are well used, e.g.:

  • Para 1 Linkersand yet, Meanwhile, And with
  • Para 2 The subject → 'Paterson / he' is maintained as the focal point (sentences 1-4) and the initial focal point (sentence 5) of each sentence;
  • Para 3 LinkersWhile, Like, such that; use of participle and relative clauses: world that seduces us, no less entrapped, a realism that, the way he draws us into ...
  • Para 4 LinkerEven for.