Starter quiz

  • Which of the following is an example of personification?
    • 'The bullet had a dull metallic gleam.'
    • 'The bullet swerved to intercept her.'  ✓
    • 'The bullet exploded into tiny fragments.'
  • Which of the following contains natural imagery?
    • "As they approached the City, the noise and traffic gradually increased."
    • "a man in a velveteen coat, drab shorts, half boots and stockings".
    • "The flowers that sleep by night, opened their gentle eyes"  ✓
  • What is an "orchard"?
    • a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees  ✓
    • a large public garden or area of land used for recreation
    • a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
  • A pause or a break in a line of verse, often marked by punctuation is called a...
    • 'caesura' ✓
  • Which of the following is a contextual event for Dharker's 'A century later'?
    • the shooting of Malala Yousafzai  ✓
    • the Industrial Revolution
    • the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst
  • What might enjambment symbolise in a poem?
    • the ending of something
    • the continuation of something  ✓
    • the static nature of something
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