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WorksheetsRevision Carousel: Unseen Literature
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
"An iron authority against the snow" is an example of...?
Metaphor
Simile
Anaphora
Personificaion
What is this poem mourning? (Select all that apply)
A way of life
The death of a factory
The end of industrialisation
The end of mechanical labour
How would you describe the tone of the poem? (Select all that apply).
Elegiac
Jubilant
Angry
Mournful
Sombre
What colour is the factory?
black
blue
grey
white
What's inside the factory? (Select all that apply)
abandoned giant machinery
tractors
children
large, rusty, disused equipment
When a line of poetry runs from one line to the next without any end-stopping punctuation marks, it is called...?
caesura
enjambment
anaphora
truncated
What key ideas are prevalent in this poem? (Select all that apply)
hardship and decay
neglect and disuse
protest and resistance
struggle and strife
The abstract (a) ‘authority’ implies that the fence is itself a kind of powerful entity, which in present times still serves to keep trespassers out of the grounds.
The 'grey monument' stands in direct contrast to the whiteness of the ‘ (a) ’, which creates a cold, wintry atmosphere and perhaps symbolises the peace and purity of nature that is juxtaposed with the unnatural and manmade ‘iron’ structure.
Which quotes contribute to the portrayal of the exterior of the factory as sinister? (Select all that apply)
'decay of dignity'
‘chained’ gates
‘barbed-wire fence’
'rusted gears'
'A little thump of the heart' is suggestive of the narrator's...? (Select all that apply)
excitement
trepidation
fear
eager anticipation
'A great flood of sunlight drenches us' is an effective use of pathetic fallacy which indicates that the hawk is...? (Select all that apply)
Enormous
An act of God (something holy)
Glorified
A mystical creature
There's a plethora of references to liquid such as...?
'syrupy'
'a great flood of sunlight drenches us'
'a fallen angel'
'light-splashed feathers'
The writer refers to the hawk as a 'fallen angel' which is a reference to...?
God
Jesus
Satan
The Church
At the end of the extract, what does the writer imagine?
What the hawk perceives once freed from its box
What the hawk will do in the afterlife
What passerbys must think when observing the hawk
What she will have for dinner
Which word imitates the sound of the bird's movement as it waits to be freed, and echoes the narrator's heartrate as they eagerly await the bird?
'unpredictably'
'Thump'
'Talon scratch'
'alien'
The bird is described as an 'enormous hawk' of 'brilliance and fury' with 'barred and beating wings'. These descriptive details convey the bird as...? (Select all that apply)
solid
powerful
intimidating
elegant
magnificent
The simile 'like gold falling through water' suggests that the writer perceives the hawk as ...?
precious
valuable
awe-inspiring
life-giving
Which quotations suggest the supernatural elements of the hawk? (Select all that apply)
disobeying 'gravity'
'alien'
disobeying 'the laws of physics'
'griffin'
Which quotations represent the danger and potential violence of the hawk? (Select all that apply)
'scratch'
'angry'
scurfed'
'blood'
