question: A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to become a professional screenwriter, just good storytelling abilities and imagination. Screenwriters are not hired employees but contracted freelancers. Most, if not all, screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation (spec) and so write without being hired or paid for it. If such a script is sold, it is called a spec script. What separates a professional screenwriter from an amateur screenwriter is that professional screenwriters are usually represented by a talent agency. Also, professional screenwriters do not often work for free, but amateur screenwriters will often work for free and are considered "writers in training." Spec scripts are usually penned by unknown professional screenwriters and amateur screenwriters.

There are a legion of would-be screenwriters who attempt to enter the film industry, but it often takes years of trial-and-error, failure, and gritty persistence to achieve success. In "Writing Screenplays that Sell", Michael Hague writes, "Screenplays have become, for the last half of [the twentieth] century, what the Great American Novel was for the first half. Closet writers who used to dream of the glory of getting into print now dream of seeing their story on the big or small screen."
1. Who is a screenplay writer called in short?
2. Define screenwriter?
3. Is it a freelance profession?
4. What's a different thing about them in terms of their work?
5. What does a spec script mean?
6. What's the difference between a professional one versus an amateur one?
7. Which one from the both work for free?
8. Are they considered writers in training?
9. Does it take them long to enter the film industry?
10. Do they undergo a lot of trial and error before entering the industry?
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answer: 1. Screenwriter.
2. A writer who practices the craft of screenwriting.
3. Yes.
4. Professional screenwriters are usually represented by a talent agency.
5. A script, once sold.
6. Professionals are paid.
7. Amateur screenwriters will often work for free.
8. .Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Yes.

question: Many of the stories written by Mark Twain take place in Hannibal, Missouri. The small wooden house where he lived as a boy still stands there. Next to the house is a wooden fence. It is the kind described in Twain's book, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," published in1876.

In that story, Tom has been told to paint the fence. He does not want to do it. But he acts as if the job is great fun. He tricks other boys into believing this. His trick is so successful that they agree to pay him money to let them finish his work. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is considered one of the best books about an American boy's life in THE the1800s.

Tom Sawyer's good friend is Huckleberry, or "Huck," Finn. Mark Twain tells this boy's story in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Huck is a poor child, without a mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and beats him.

Huck's situation has freed him from the restrictions of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes tobacco.

Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery. They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River. Huck describes the trip: "It was lovely to live on the raft. Other places seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft... Sometimes we'd have that whole river to ourselves for the longest time... We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them---. "
1. Where do many of his stories take place?
2. Who was told to paint the fence?
3. Who runs away from home?
4. When was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published?
5. Who does huck meet when he runs away from home?
6. What is Huck's full name?
7. Does he smoke tobacco?
8. Does he go to school?
9. Did Huck enjoy living on the raft?
10. Does the house where Mark Twain grew up still exist?
11. What stands next to it?
12. Who does Tom trick into painting the fence for him?
13. Does huck come from a wealthy family?
14. Does he have a mother?
15. Does he have a home?
16. Who beats him?
17. Is Jim a white man?
18. What is Jem's race?
19. Where did he escape from?
20. Did Huck and Jim get along?
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answer: 1. Hannibal, Missouri
2. Tom
3. Huck
4. 1876.
5. He meets Jim, a black man who
6. Huckleberry, or "Huck," Finn.
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Next to the house is a wooden fence.
12. He tricks other boys
13. No
14. No
15. No
16. His father beats him
17. No
18. Black
19. from slavery.
20. Yes

question: A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape.

In Egypt, Al-Azhar University opened in 975 AD as the second oldest university in the world. It was followed by a lot of universities opened as public universities in the 20th century such as Cairo University (1908), Alexandria University (1912), Assiut University (1928), Ain Shams University (1957), Helwan University (1959), Beni-Suef University (1963), Benha University (1965), Zagazig University (1978), Suez Canal University (1989), where tuition fees are totally subsidized by the Government.

In Nigeria Public Universities can be established by both the Federal Government and by State Governments. Examples include the University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Ibadan, University of Benin, University of Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University, Abia State University, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Gombe State University, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Federal University of Technology Yola, University of Maiduguri, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, University of Jos, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, University of Ilorin

In Kenya, the Ministry of Education controls all of the public universities. Students are enrolled after completing the 8-4-4 system of education and attaining a mark of C+ or above. Students who meet the criteria determined annually by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) receive government sponsorship, as part of their university or college fee is catered for by the government. They are also eligible for a low interest loan from the Higher Education Loan Board. They are expected to pay back the loan after completing higher education.
1. Does Africa have many universities?
2. Name one country with one?
3. What type of schools may be founded by the Federal government there?
4. What other group can found that type?
5. Are those schools completely free to residents there?
6. What African nation does have tuition-free schools?
7. How many schools are there?
8. Name one?
9. Is that the newest one?
10. Which is the newest one?
11. When was the first Egyptian university started?
12. Besides Egypt and Nigeria, where else are there public universities?
13. Is it easy to get in?
14. WHat sort of background do you need?
15. Is financial help available?
16. Who decides who gets it?
17. Are there options other than public schools?
18. What?
19. Who pays for them?
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answer:
1. yes
2. Nigeria
3. Public schools
4. State Governments
5. unknown
6. Egypt
7. a lot
8. Cairo University
9. no
10. Suez Canal University
11. in 975 AD
12. In Kenya
13. You need a minimum of C+
14. Complete the 8-4-4 system of education
15. yes
16. the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service
17. yes
18. private universities
19. not the national or subnational government