Font size
WorksheetsY9 Review of Topic Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Match the following types of figurative language to their meanings.
An indirect comparison between unlike things using words such as “like,” “as,” or “than”
Simile
A direct comparison between unlike things
Metaphor
Giving human traits or abilities to inanimate objects or animals
Personification
An expression particular to a specific group of people or culture
Idiom
Match the following types of figurative language to their meanings.
an extreme exaggeration used to make a point or stress an idea
Hyperbole
making something seem less important or less severe than it really is
Understatement
when a person, place, thing, or concept is used to represent something other than its typical definition
Symbolism
a polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise would be considered harsh or unpleasant
Euphemism
What type of figurative language is used?
After being hit with a dodgeball, Mrs. Bryant fell down as if she had been struck by a cannonball.
(a)
What type of figurative language is used?
Now that I'm old, my memory is Swiss cheese.
(a)
What type of figurative language is used?
Does anyone have a snack? I am starving to death!
(a)
'Who's for the Game?'
To whom is the poet speaking?
Young men and women
The general public
Young men from the British Empire
Politicians
'Who's for the Game?'
The central metaphor of the poem is.
(a)
'Who's for the Game?'
What rhyming scheme does the poem use?
ABBA
ABAB: every other line rhymes
It is free verse
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
What is the following an example of?
'like old beggars under sacks'
Simile
Metaphor
Description
Onomatopoeia
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Why do the gas shells drop 'softly behind'?
Because the soldiers are acclimatised to the sounds of war.
Because the soldiers are too fatigued to notice them.
Because they are very quiet bombs.
Because the soldiers have literally gone deaf.
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Why does the second stanza start like this? 'Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!'
To be different.
To carry on the plot of the poem.
To shock the reader.
To display to the reader how quickly things happen during war.
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Who might Owen be angry with?
Jessie Pope.
His dad.
People who glorify war.
Other war poets.
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Based on Stanza 1, which word best describe the soldiers?
Lonely and frightened
Weak and exhausted
Angry and resentful
Sad and regretful
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Which is the correct translation of 'Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori'?
It is an honour to fight for ones country
Only the valiant serve
Only the valiant die
It is sweet and right to die for ones country
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
"Under a .............................. I saw him drowning"
green mist
yellow fog
green sea
smog
'The Soldier'
What is the overall tone of the poem, The Soldier?
Patriotic
Positive
Negative
Angry
'The Soldier'
Complete the quote "If I should die, .......
think only this of me:
pray only for me:
think only this of him:
think mostly this of me:
'The Soldier'
Complete the quote "In hearts at peace, .....
beneath an English heaven.
'neath an English heaven.
below an English heaven.
under an English heaven.
What aspects of analysis does 'MITSL' (My Itchy Toes Smell Loads) stand for when looking at poetry?
(a)
