Contrôle fictions : Fictions et réalités. Durée : 50 minutes. Barème : 20 points. Matériel : sans dictionnaire, sans calculatrice.
Répondre en anglais, sauf indication contraire. La présentation et la correction de la langue comptent dans l’appréciation de chaque réponse.
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Énoncé du contrôle fictions
Exercice 1 : Vocabulaire de la fiction (3 points)Compléter chaque phrase avec le mot qui convient.
- A story set in a future society is called a ___ novel. (dystopique)
- False information spread on purpose is called ___.
- The person who tells a story in a novel is the ___.
- A film that mixes real events and invention is based on a ___ story.
- A ___ is a short summary of a plot.
- To ___ the truth means to present it in a misleading way.
Indiquer pour chaque énoncé s’il s’agit d’un fait (F) ou d’une opinion (O).
- George Orwell published 1984 in 1949.
- 1984 is the most frightening novel ever written.
- Reality shows are always scripted.
- Some films use real archive footage.
- Fiction teaches us more than the news.
- Deepfakes can imitate a person’s voice.
Corriger l’erreur de chaque phrase.
- The novel which I told you about it is on the table.
- Fiction are often more convincing than facts.
- He asked me what was the book about.
- The film was based in a true story.
- Despite of the criticism, the series was popular.
- The authors writes about imaginary worlds.
Traduire en anglais.
- Ce roman décrit une société où tout est surveillé.
- Les fausses informations se répandent plus vite que la vérité.
- On ne peut plus distinguer ce qui est vrai de ce qui est inventé.
Lire le texte, puis répondre en anglais.
When Orson Welles’s radio drama The War of the Worlds was broadcast in 1938, some listeners thought Martians were really invading New Jersey. The programme imitated a news bulletin so convincingly that panic spread in several towns.
Historians now believe the panic was exaggerated by newspapers, which resented the new competition from radio. Yet the episode still shows how easily a realistic fiction can pass for fact, a lesson that seems even more relevant in the age of viral videos.
- Why did some listeners panic?
- Who may have exaggerated the panic?
- Why might they have done so?
- What lesson does the text draw?
Écrire un texte argumenté de 100 à 120 mots : la fiction aide-t-elle à mieux comprendre la réalité ?


