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WorksheetsYear 7 Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Stanza One
What season is Stanza One focused on?
(a)
In the first line of Stanza One what type of words are ‘bright’ and ‘cheerful’?
adverbs
verbs
adjectives
nouns
What technique is used in Stanza One at the end of lines 7 and 8 with the words ‘weeds’ and ‘reeds’?
(a)
1. What techniques can you identify in the following line:
‘When the north wind congregates in crowds’?
personification
alliteration
metaphor
simile
What technique is ‘firm foliage’?
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Identify the simile in Stanza One and write it down.
(a)
Identify the metaphor in Stanza One and write it down.
(a)
What are the: ‘weeds’, ‘river’, ‘cornfields’, ‘reeds’, ‘willow leaves’ and ‘firm foliage’ doing?
(a)
What do you connote (associate) with word ‘congregates’?
crowded
get together
worship
angry
Sum up the kind of atmosphere that has been created by the language in Stanza One
Negative
Positive
Happy
joyous
Stanza Two
It was a mild winter.
True
False
1. What types of words are ‘birds’ and ‘fishes’?
adverbs
nouns
adjectives
verbs
Where do the birds die?
(a)
In Stanza Two the fish are really active.
True.
False.
Choose a word that could replace 'translucent'?
bright
light
opaque
clear
What does the line, ‘Even the mud and slime of the warm lakes’ imply about the winter?
It's the normal winter conditions. .
The winter is unusually cold.
The warm lakes are not affected by the cold winter.
Identify and write down the simile used in Stanza Two.
(a)
What has made the mud and slime ‘wrinkled’?
(a)
What is meaning of ‘comfortable men’ [that] ‘gather around great fires’?
The men are comfortable on their seats around the fire.
The men are well fed, well dressed in warm clothes with shelter and a great fire so they are well prepared for winter.
The men are enjoying their family time.
The men are happy.
What word shows how the poet feels about the ‘beggars’?
(a)
