War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy

Complete the quotation: "In his darkroom he was finally alone, with _______ of _________ set out in ordered rows."

• Rolls of film

• Hundreds of pictures

• Spools of suffering

• Pictures of war

Which technique can be seen in the phrase "spools of suffering"?

• Sibilance

• Adverbs

• Simile

• Repetition

What does Duffy compare the war photographer to?

• A surgeon looking to help people.

• A priest preparing to intone a mass.

• A soldier suffering on a battlefield.

• A detective searching for the truth.

Why might a priest be a suitable comparison for the photographer?

• Priests deliver funeral services to remember and honour the dead.

• Priests believe in God.

• Priests offer advice to people who are struggling.

• Priests lead communities of people.

Complete the quotation "His hands which did not ________ then, though seem to now."

• Shake

• Quiver

• Suffer

• Tremble

Why might the photographer's hands be trembling?

• He's tired.

• The memories of the conflict are affecting him.

• He's cold.

What is the name for when a poet puts a full stop, exclamation mark, or question mark in the middle of a line of poetry?

• Caesura

• Enjambment

• Assonance

• Sibilance

What is the name of the technique that involves a poet not putting any punctuation at the end of a line of poetry?

• Caesura

• Enjambment

• Assonance

• Sibilance

Who is the "half-formed ghost" the photographer sees?

• His conscience

• A British soldier

• His father

• A fatally injured person he photographed in the conflict.

Where is the photographer in the poem?

• Photographing a wounded soldier

• Alone in his darkroom

• Having a conversation with the editor of a newspaper

• Photographing an explosion