WorksheetsYear 10 English Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is a typical feature of a Shakespearean sonnet?
Irregular rhyme scheme
Exclusive use of metaphors
Frequent enjambment
Rhyming couplet to end
What is the central message of Sonnet 118?
Beauty is immortal
There is no such thing as beauty
The person being addressed has beauty that will surpass time
The person being addressed is not beautiful at all
Which technique features most prominently in 'Chimney Sweep'
Pathos
Litotes
Euphemism
Anachronism
Who is Mrs Pym?
The woman Phillip is going to meet in France
Phillip's mother
A woman who helps Phillip's mother around the house
Phillip's grandmother
What action does Phillip's mother do that makes him question her love for him in 'Showing the Flag'
She doesn't wave back when the ship departs
She only packs one Union Jack
She meticulously packs his luggage for him
She doesn't teach him any French
What is the historical context for 'The Black Ball'
Modern day United States
Modern Day United Kingdom
South Africa during the period of segregration
United States during the Jim Crow era of segregation
What physical feature did young Atilla have that Rosie has continued to remember, despite her memory loss.
His enormous stature
His bald head
His goatee beard
His shortness
Which of the following techniques is present in 'Report to Wordsworth'
Apostrophe
Pathetic fallacy
Misrelated participle
Denouement
What condition does the narrator of 'The Man Who Walked on the Moon' suffer from?
Narcissism
Amnesia
Synaesthesia
Anaemia
Where is 'The Man Who Walked on the Moon' set?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paris, France
London, UK
Hanoi, Vietnam
Which of the following forms does Nick not tranform into?
A wooden stick
A coin
A dog
A flock of birds
Where does Nick live?
Not far from Fairyland
In Fairyland
In a town near a wizard's tower
In a town on a magic mountain
What is the central argument of 'From an Essay on Man'?
Humans have no need for spirituality
Humans are entirely spiritual creatures
Humans should not concern themselves with matters of spirituality
Humans live in the space between the spiritual and the physical worlds
What is an 'isthmus'?
A thin stretch of land between two larger pieces of land
A thin piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
A group of islands
A flat section of land surrounded by cliffs
The speaker in 'Song, Love Armed' accuses love of doing what?
Wounding her mercilessly
Loving another
Leaving her questions unanswered
Loving her more than she can love in return
What figure of speech is present in 'Oh, his mother was a whizz.'
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Pathos
Regular poetic structure could be indicative of? (2 answers)
Monotony, tediousness, boredom
Stability, order, dependability
Chaos, disorder, disruption
Spontaneity, genuineness, creativity
What personal detail about Seamus Heaney adds important context to 'Follower'?
His father did not approve of him becoming a writer.
He was a very skilled and adept farmer.
He lived through the Irish genocide.
He lived in Northern Ireland during a period of context.
What skill is being tested when you have to write a 'directed response'?
Take the information from two texts to generate a new text for a different purpose.
Summarise the information from a provided text.
Reorganise information from a provided text.
Create a counterargument to a provided text.
What is meant by the term 'writing emulation'?
Trying to mimic the style of another author
Trying to generate a text that is entirely different to a provided example
Trying to finish a story that someone else started
Trying to change the tense and mood of a provided text, but keeping the characters and setting the same.
