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ENGLISH 4 / VANTAGE 1 VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS ART AND LITERATURE
Art and literature EVU 18
Read out the odd sentences and fill in the missing words.
A Art and the arts A1 Literature 1 biogr_____, dr_____ 2 novels, poetry, short stories A2 Performing arts 1 ball_____, cin_____ 2 concerts : classical/rock, country and western 3 dan_____, op_____, thea_____ A3 Fine arts 1 arch_____, cera_____ (= making pots, bowls, etc.) 2 painting, sculpture A4 More on arts and the arts 1 The ar_____ (plural) covers everything in the network.
Ar_____ (singular, uncountable) usually means f_____ art, but can also refer to technique and creativity. 2 Have you read the arts page in the paper today? (= that part of the newspaper that deals with all the things in
the network : literature, performing arts, fine art(s)) 3 She’s a great a_____ l_____ (= loves painting and sculpture). 4 Shakespeare was skilled in the art of poetry (= creative ability). 5 Ask Sara to help you decorate your room – she’s very art_____ (= shows skill and imagination in creating
things). 6 A work of art (= plural is works of art) is an object made by a skilled artist – typically a painting, drawing or
statue. 7 The phrase a_____ and cr_____ is used to refer to the skills of making objects such as decorations, jewellery
and furniture by hand.
B Types of art and artists 1 This is a sc_____ -‐ he’s cr_____ing a st_____ -‐ his type of art is called sc_____. 2 This is a potter -‐ she’s throwing a pot -‐ her type of art is called pottery. 3 This is an arch_____ -‐ he’s des_____ing a building -‐ his type of art is called arch_____. 4 An abstract painting involves shapes and colours rather than images of real people or things. 5 A por_____ is a painting of a person. 6 A landscape is a painting of a scene in the countryside. 7 A st_____ l_____ is a painting of a set of objects that do not move, usually fruit or flowers. 8 An original painting is one produced by the painter him/herself rather than a copy or reproduction.
ENGLISH 4 / VANTAGE 1 VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS ART AND LITERATURE
Art and literature EVU 18
C Literature C1 General 1 Jacquie O’Donnell is one of the country’s most popular n_____ (= people who write long stories about
imaginary people and events, remember a n_____ is typically at least 150 pages long; anything shorter is a short story).
2 She has written a series (= set of books featuring the same characters) of romantic novels all with a historical setting (= background for a story or film).
3 These have all been b_____ (= very popular books that sell in large numbers) although the cr_____ ( = people whose job it is to give their opinion of something, typically books that sell in large numbers) complain that her pl__________ (= stories) are predictable and her ch__________ (= people in a book or film) are not very realistic.
4 Her cousin, Pamela Smith, is a more literary (= serious rather than popular) writer and her books tend to get better reviews ( = what the critics write) although they do not sell so well.
5 Both writers have a novel which will be ready for p_____ (= making something available in a printed form) later this year; they will also be available to download as e-‐b_____.
6 We have received advance copies of both novels and it is interesting to compare the opening passage (= short piece of text) from Smith’s latest book with an extract (= part of a book chosen to be used in an article or for discussion) from the chapter of 0’Donnell’s.