WorksheetsFigures of Speech- My Parents by Stephen Spender
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The rough boys in the poem were
from the lower class
not refined or gentle and had rough and bullying ways
poor and lived in slums
always wearing torn clothing
Why did the rough boys hate Stephen?
He was more privileged than them
He thought he was better than them
He envied them their freedom
He was smaller and weaker than them
Choose the correct option to show that the boys were undisciplined and did what they liked. They_____
'..sprang out from behind the hedges'
'.. bark at my world'
'..ran, climbed and stripped'
'..never smiled'
Which quote from the poem proves that the mocking words of the bullies hurt the poet?
'The threw mud'
'Knees tight on my arms'
'Who threw words like stones
'The salt coarse pointing of those boys'
From the poem, one can can conclude that the poet was bullied at school.
There is not enough information to answer this question
true
false
The poet's parents warned him not to mix with these rough boys but he envied certain aspects of their lives although he was also afraid of their rough, bullying ways
Strongly Agree
Disagree
Why were the boys 'lithe' and had 'muscles like iron'?
They ate iron
Their parents were used to doing manual work and they used to help
They spent a lot of time outdoors playing, swimming, climbing cliffs and trees
The boys practised boxing, lifting weights and fighting against each other.
The major themes in the poem, 'My Parents' are _______
Social classes
Parents' love
Bullying
All of the above
Identify the figures of speech in the sentence below
'I feared more than tigers their muscles like iron'
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
'.. and climbed cliffs and stripped by the country streams' is an example of which figure of speech?
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
'I feared the salt coarse pointing of those boys' in line 7 is an example of a / an ______.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile. metaphor, alliteration, personification and hyperbole are examples of _____.
parts of speech
figures of speech
direct speech
indirect speech
Mood in Literature is defined as a temporary state of mind or feeling, emotional state example irritable, bored, humorous and depressed.
What is the mood of the poet in the poem?
Anger and disappointment
Depressed and hurt
Forgiveness and longing
Hurt and Sad
