WorksheetsHandcuffs
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The title can be seen as a
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
The title can mean:
(Choose two)
Something that constrains you
Feeling of imprisonment
An imprisoned mind
Being in jail
The setting of the poem is
Johannesburg
Apartheid
KZN
None of the above
"Have steel fangs", is a
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
"Have steel fangs" shows
It is emotionally painful
Handcuffs can bite
The handcuffs are on tightly and hurt
It is an idiom
"A whole battalion" is a
A lot of insects
A large body of troops
A lot of humans
A lot of pain
"Battalion of fleas" shows us
Hyperbole, and how annoying it is
Metaphor, that it is an attack
Hyperbole, it is literal itch from war
None of the answers
"Though" shows
He feels he deserves it
He wants to start a war
A contradiction
He wants to give up
"Itch in my heart" is a
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
"Itch in my heart grows, I cannot scratch" refers to
The situation of Apartheid that bothers him and he feels like he cannot do much about it.
He feels alone.
He feels Apartheid has stripped him of his humanity.
He has started a rebellion.
"How can I" is a
Question
Statement
Rhetorical question
Metaphor
Which words would indicate a restriction of movement
Manacled
Chained
Caged
Shackled
None
If your mind is caged it means
You are in prison
You cannot think or speak freely
You are in a mental institution
You are ashamed
Grimace means
To cry
To hidE
Ugly twisted expression
To smile
Ethereal is
Strong
Disappearing
Delicate
Hard
"I can only grimace at the ethereal cloud" means
He is looking for hope, but feels despair
He is hopeful
He is distraught
He feels the situation is bigger than him
"Billowing" suggests that the banner is
Torn
Screaming a message
Hanging
Blowing in the wind
Emblazoned means
To display a design on
The words written on it
A message
All of the answers
"Despair is for the defeated" is
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
What is the message on the banner?
One of hope and to not give up
To show he is not in this alone
To show comeraderie
All of the answers
