Exposure Wilfred Owen

What does the title Exposure link to?

• The weather

• The trenches

• Owen's life

• The people back home

What verb is missing from the quote: 'For love of God seems ____________'?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What devices are used in the opening sentence?

• Personification

• Violent imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• enjambment

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which war is it referencing?

• WW2

• The Cold War

• WW1

• Vietnam

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is an important contextual thing to remember about Wilfred Owen?

• He was a poet

• He had one arm

• He was a soldier himself

• He could sing

Which repeated line shows the idea of a loss of hope: 'But_____________'

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who does the inclusive pronoun refer to?

• The soldiers

• Owen and the soldiers

• The soldiers and the people at home

• The captains and people giving orders

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which literary techniques are demonstrated in the line: 'Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces'?

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the word 'incessantly' in stanza 2 mean?

• Occasionally

• Cleverly

• Never ending

• Aggressively

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does this line show about the attitude of people at home: 'Shutters and doors, all closed: on us the doors are closed'?

• They don't want to help

• They are far away

• The have their own problems to deal with

• There's no hope over ever going home

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9