WorksheetsStorm on the Island: Methods
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 51mins
Language: What does the use of the collective pronouns imply?
That they are part of a community and share the same thoughts.
That they think alone and are segragated.
That there's 2 people talking.
They get to visit each other.
Language: What tone do the adjectives and onomatopoeia used?
aggressive and harsh
happy
informal
religious
Language: What technique is used in the line ' We are bombarded by the empty air'
foreshadowing
alliteration
sibilance
oxymoron
Structure: In what line does the poem start to shift tone ?
'The sea is company'
'But no:'
'when it blows full
Blast: you know what I mean -'
'We are prepared:'
Language: What is the storm a metaphor of?
The war
It isn’t a metaphor
The people
Ireland
Form: What is the effect of the poem not rhyming?
It makes it difficult to study
It makes it chaotic like the storm
All of these
It does rhyme
Language: What is the effect of the title?
The storm on the “island” is a pun for Ireland, which is where it’s set.
There is no “a” or “an” before the title, suggesting it could be about any storm on any island,
It starts the extended metaphor that persists throughout the poem.
All of these
Language: What does assonance mean?
Repetition of sounds at the start of words.
Repetition of sounds in the middle of words.
A repeated consonant sound,
A repeated s sound.
Form: What tone does the speaker have?
A scared tone
A friendly tone
An angry tone
A casual tone
Language: What technique is used in the line ' We are bombarded by the empty air'
foreshadowing
alliteration
sibilance
oxymoron
Language: Which method is 'spits like a tame cat turned savage'?
metaphor
enjambment
simile
personification
Language: Which 2 of these are oxymorons?
strafes invisibly
exploding comfortably
raise a chorus
huge nothing
Form: How is this poem written?
In blank verse
In empty verse
In full verse
in packed verse
Language: What does the simile 'spits like a tame cat turned savage' suggest about the storm?
It's harmless
It's unpredictable and potentially dangerous and harmful
It's windy
It starts off slow then it increases in ferocity
Language: What is the oxymoron in the poem?
'Spits like a tame cat'
'rocks and slate'
'Wizened earth'
'Exploding comfortably'
Structure: What is the effect of the enjambment used?
It reflects how scared he was.
It reflects how he ran away from danger
It reflects how long the storm lasted
It reflects how relentless the storm is.
Language: 'We are prepared: we build our houses squat' - what type of word is 'We'?
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
Conjunction
