Analysing 'Exposure' | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What method is being described here: Giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• simile

• metaphor

• personfication

• oxymoron

Answer explanation

Poets and writers often use personification to emphasise the power of something else.

In 'Exposure' what does Owen identify as the main enemy of the soldiers?

• nature and harsh weather

• enemy fire

• wildlife in the trenches

Answer explanation

Owen identifies nature as the real enemy of the soldiers as they are suffering from incredibly harsh weather conditions.

Why might Owen have written 'Exposure'?

• to highlight the harsh realities of war

• to memorialise the soldiers

• to criticise the government's propaganda

Answer explanation

Through 'Exposure' Owen sought to highlight the reality of war and that it wasn't an honourable way to die, unlike the message being conveyed by propaganda at the time.

'We', 'us' and 'our' are all examples of...

• first personal plural

• second person plural

• third person plural

Answer explanation

First person plural shows a collective voice in 'Exposure'.

Complete the quotation from 'Exposure': 'But (a)   happens.'

Answer explanation

Owen repeats the line "[b]ut nothing happens" to show the boredom and frustration of war.

What does 'futile' mean?

• confused and unable to think properly

• a view that all traditional values are unfounded

• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

Answer explanation

Owen expresses his belief that war was futile in 'Exposure'.