Is Pop Poetry?

Why do many singers and musicians read poetry and books?

• To look cool

• To please their English teachers

• To pass tests

• To get ideas, inspiration and subjects for their songs

What word do we use when we use highlighters and add notes to a poem to identify features, comment on their effect and add information?

• Alliteration

• Annotation

• Exasperation

• Annulation

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What do we call the words in a song?

• Lines

• Lyrics

• Melody

• Rhymers

When Katy Perry says "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" she is copying a phrase the boxer Muhammed Ali said. We could call this:

• An allusion

• An illusion

• An illustration

• An elision

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A theme of the song Roar by Katy Perry is:

• I got the eye of the tiger!

• Building confidence and female empowerment

• Animal rights in the jungle

• The instrumental music without words

Phrases such as 'bite my tongue' and 'hold my breath' are

• Similes suggesting bravery

• Idioms suggesting low self confidence

• Descriptions of Katy Perry

• Instructions for building confidence

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"Homegrown alligator, see you later "

A recognisable technique in this line from song 'Shotgun' by George Ezra is:

• Repetition

• Rhyming Couplet

• Blank verse

• Internal Rhyme

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"You can stand under my umbrella" The umbrella standing for love and commitment in Rihanna's song 'Umbrella' is an example of:

• Symbolism

• Sibilance

• Stanza

• Simile

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The Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature was

• Bob Marley

• Bob Dylan

• Dylan Thomas

• Jacob Marley

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Why was Bob Dylan's achievement suprising?

• He was the first poet to win a Nobel Prize for literature

• He was the first novelist to win a Nobel Prize for literature

• He was the first rapper to win a Nobel Prize for literature

• He was the first singer and songwriter to win a Nobel Prize for literature

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