The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker KS3 IGCSE

The poem "The Right Word" by Imtiaz Dharker has nine..

• paragraphs

• sections

• stanzas

• verses

One word which is repeated six times in the poem and then inverted is

• Terrorist

• Outside

• Freedom Fighter

• Inside

Which phrase has positive connotations about the person who is outside the door?

• Terrorist

• Martyr

• Hostile militant

• Guerilla Warrior

When the meaning of a line of poetry continues from one line to another with no breaks, that is called?

• Caesura

• End stopped lines

• Run on lines

• Enjambment

What tense is the poem written in?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Very

"Are words no more than waving, wavering flags" Which poetic technique can you not see in these lines?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Assonance

What changes about the poem between the sixth and seventh stanzas?

• It moves from past tense to present tense

• The length of lines changes

• The rhyme scheme changes

• It moves from a mix of first and third person to second person

How has the tone of the poem changed by the last stanza ?

• From distrusting and despairing to hopeful

• From naivity to cynicism

• From hope to despair and distrust

• From passivity to militantism

What preposition is repeated multiple times at the end of the poem to suggest inclusion and welcoming?

• Out

• In

• Up

• Down

What is the most likely purpose of Dharker's poem from the statements below?

• Dharker want to condemn all terrorists as evildoers

• Dharker wants us to recognise that politicians are terrorists themselves

• Dharker wants us to question the labels we have for people involved in conflicts and look at the human beings behind these events

• Dharker wants us to support the terrorism when the cause is just