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1
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What is the purpose of a question mark (give mark)

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End of a question (?)

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What is the purpose of a exclamation mark (give mark)

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End of command / exclamation (!)

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What is the purpose of a comma ? (Give mark)

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  • short pause
  • listing
  • stages in a set of instructions (,)
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What is the purpose of a semi colon (give mark)

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  • balances 2 equally related or parallel ideas
  • indicates opposite ideas
  • often replaces with a conjunction (;)
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What is the purpose of a colon

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  • more info to follow
  • introduces a quotation
  • dialogue (:)
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What is the purpose of a hyphen ?

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  • joins 2 words to make a compound word (word with more then one part)
  • separates vowels
  • words that don’t fit in a line (end of syllables )
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What is the purpose of a dash ?

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  • twice as long as a hyphen
  • additional info
  • pause longer then a comma
  • dramatic pause leading to climax
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What is the purpose of a bracket ?

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  • additional info
  • side info
  • less important second thought ()
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9
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What is the purpose of an inverted comma / quotation marks

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  • shows exact spoken words
  • exact words from a piece of writing
  • titles
  • words or phrase being used in an unusual way “favorite”
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10
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Who is the writer of private peaceful

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Michael Morpurgo

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11
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What does each chapter of private peaceful indicate

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Time passing
Raises tension
Evidently countdown towards novels climax

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12
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What is wrong with big joe

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He has learning difficulties , always looks out of fam

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13
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When did tommo meet Molly

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The first day of school

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How does tommo feel left out

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Charlie and Molly get close , they are both older then tommo

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15
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Where did Charlie and tommo fight WW1

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Belgium

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16
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What did tommo record his feelings in

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Novel

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17
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How did Charlie disobey Sargent Hanley

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During a charge on the German line , Charlie and disobeys a direct order and stays wit tommo while he is injured on no - mans land

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18
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What was Charlie accused of

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Accused of cowardice and given court martial

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19
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What do the book chapters count down to

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The moment Charlie is executed

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20
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What song does Charlie sing when he dies

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Oranges and lemons

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21
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How does Charlie end the story

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In the present tense , promising to keep Charlie’s secret and look after Molly and the baby , little tommo

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22
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What is a common noun

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Naming words , ordinary everyday thing

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23
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What is an example of a common noun

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Desk , chair , classroom

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24
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What is a proper noun

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Names of people , places

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25
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What is an example of a proper noun

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Mrs Jones , England , history ,

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26
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What is a collective noun

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Names a collection of group

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27
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What is an example of a collective noun

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A staff of teachers 
A class of students
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28
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What is an abstract noun

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Not visible or tangible

A feeling

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29
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What is an example of an abstract noun

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Intelligence , perseverance

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30
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What is a pronoun

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Stands in place of the noun

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31
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What is an example of a pronoun

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I , me , mine
You , you , yours
He , him , his

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32
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What is an adjective

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Describing word

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33
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Give an example of a adjective

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Clever boy

Athletic boy

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34
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What is a verb

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Doing word

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35
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Give an example of a verb

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Work , play . Swim

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36
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What is an adverb

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Tells you more about the verb

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37
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Give an example of an adverb

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Fast , at the race , yesterday

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38
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What is a conjunction

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Joining word

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39
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Give an example of a conjunction

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Although , because

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40
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What is a proposition

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Small word , which an relate two words or phrases together

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41
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Give an example of a preposition

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On , behind , in , to

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42
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What is a homonym

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Spelt the same , sounds the same , different meaning

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43
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Give an example of a homonym

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He hit the ball

Cinderella went to the ball

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44
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What is a homophobe

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Sounds the same , spelt different , different meaning

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45
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Give an example of a homophone

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We talk aloud

We are allowed to go

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46
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What is a synonym

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Words of the same or similar meaning

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47
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Give an example of 2 synonyms

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Active - energetic

Anger - wrath

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48
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What is a antonym

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Words of opposite meaning

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49
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Give an example of a antonym

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Above - below

Useful - useless

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50
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What is a acronym

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Initials of a group of words used to form new words

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51
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Give an example of a acronym

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AIDS - acquired immune defiancy syndrome

SCUBA - self control underwater breathing apparatus

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What is an abbreviation

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Not pronounced as written , shortened form of a word

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53
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Give an example of an abbreviation

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USA - United States of America

CNN - cable news network

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54
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What are the different uses of an apostrophe

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Contractions

Possession

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55
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What is a contraction

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Letters that have been omitted

56
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Give an example of a contraction

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I’m - I am

I’ve - I have

57
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If the owner is singular where does the apostrophe come

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Immiedietly after singular noun

58
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If the owners are plural where does the apostrophe come

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Placed after the plural form of the noun

59
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If a name or word ends in an s

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We add apostrophe s

60
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If a biblical or classical name ends in an s

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We add a apostrophe

61
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If a common noun ends in SS

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We add an apostrophe s

62
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What do not get an apostrophe

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Possessive pronouns - ours , yours , theirs
Abbreviations - VIPs , pms , mps , CEOs
Plural dates - 1960s , 1970s

63
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Who wrote in Flanders field

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Lieutenant colonel John McRae

64
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Explain the term “the poppies grow” (FF)

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Symbol of death , changes idea of poppies to rememberance

65
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Explain the term “we are the dead” (FF)

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Surrounded by dead
Dead are given voice by poet
Direct address of living by the dead

66
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Explain the term “in the sky the larks “(FF)

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Poetic symbols of nature , beauty and freedom
Contrast with the war
Nature provides idealized backdrop to the war provides contrast with mans actions

67
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Explain the term “take up your quarrel with the foe “ (FF)

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Continue the war

68
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Explain the term “we throw the torch” (FF)

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Emotive image of passing on a burning torch to light the way forward . Held high , an object of pride

69
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Explain the term “if ye break faith with us who die / we shall not sleep

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The suggestion is a curse on those who do not remember the dead , an old and powerful idea

70
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Explain the term “though poppies grow “ (FF)

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Reminds us the somnolent (sleep inducing) power of the poppy

71
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Who wrote the poem the rear - guard

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Siegfried Sassoon

72
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Explain the term “groping along the tunnel” (TRG)

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Sense of struggle
Sense of touch on which solider is dependent
Difficult to negotiate tunnel

73
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Explain the term “ winked his prying torch with patching glare “ (TRG)

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Darkness , torch acts as searching eye , soldier can’t see all around him adding sense of threat . The only light of life is him

74
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Explain the term “sniffed the unwholesome air” (TRG)

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Denied vision , smell becomes acute . Lack of vision is symbol of lack of rationality . Unwholesome air because lingering gas or death

75
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Explain the term “tins , boxes , bottles , mattress of a bed “ (TRG)

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First stanza is world without light . Second stanza more familiar objects . Sense of weird uneasiness , of the familiar appearing strangely .

76
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Explain the term “ exploring fifty feet below/ the rosy gloom of battle overhead “ (TRG)

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Extreme depth . Absolute removal from the world of the surface and the fighting above . Rosy gloom is attractive quality to grim scene above . Rosy - red flares or blood

77
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Explain the term “tripping he grabbed the wall”(TRG)

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A return to the use of the verb beginning the line . Loss of control ,desperate dependency on touch

78
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Explain the term “ God bless your neck !(for days he’d had no sleep)” TRG

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Tension solider feels leads to frustrated outburst . Not functioning because of lack of sleep

79
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Explain the term “savage ,he kicked the unanswering heap “ TRG

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About humans reverting to a less developed , animalistic , inhuman state .

80
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Explain the term “the livid face / terribly glaring up” TRG

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Livid can mean angry , but here it means black and blue - colour of bruises . Use of present tense glaring gives disconcerting sense that the dead man is dead , yet somehow alive

81
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Explain the term “yet whore / agony dieing hard “ TRG

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Still look of suffering , frozen in a death- mask of horror and agony

82
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Explain the term “fists of fingers” TRG

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Repulsive and frightening world of touch , here clutching festering wound

83
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Explain the term “ alone he staggered on” TRG

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Line begins with state , then moves to verb , unlike lines already commented on . Sense of isolation and loneliness

84
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Explain the term “ dawns ghost “ TRG

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Weak light of dawn evoked in this supernatural metaphor , light coming through . Part of the bleakness of poem is that neither upper nor lower realm has any sense of peace or consolation. Unrest dominates both spaces

85
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Explain the term “ the dazed muttering creatures underground “ TRG

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No human beings . But by those reduced to inhuman creatures , demons

86
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Explain the term “ who hear the booms of shells in muffled sound “ TRG

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Onomatopoeia , continuous din from world above

87
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Explain the term “with sweat of horror in his hair “ TRG

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Cold , fearful sweat creep over the crown of his head . Use of alliteration suggests heavy breath of soldier

88
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Explain the term “ he climbed through darkness to the twilight air” TRG

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Escapes tunnel and the dark into the half light of the world above

89
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Explain the term “ unloading hell behind him step by step “ TRG

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Poem ends bleakly where it began . In ponderous movement step by step , every step he takes he gets further away from hell

90
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Explain the term “ if I should die “ TS

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Possibility of death

91
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Explain “that there’s some corner of a foreign field “ TS

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Big foreign field (many other countries ) and a small corner was England

92
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Explain “in that rich earth , a richer dust concealed “ TS

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If he is buried here , he makes the earth richer because he is English

93
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Explain “ a dust whom England bore , shaped , made aware “ TS

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England gave birth to it (bore) shaped it , made it aware , England plays the role of the dust soldiers mother .

94
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Explain “gave once her flowers to love , her ways to roam “ TS

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England once gave this dust her flowers to love and gave it her ways to roam . The dust is the soldier .

95
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What is the dust in the soldier

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The soil or land or the dead body , not a person just a corpse

96
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Explain “ a body of England’s , breathing English air , washed by the rivers , blessed by the Suns of home “ TS

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This dust experienced all England had to offer . Breathing English sir is present tense . Does he die and still imagine he is breathing or is it a metaphor of his Englishness

97
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Explain “ and think , this heart , all evil shed away “ TS

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Think (consider) that the soliders heart shed away all bad and evil

98
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Explain “a pulse in the eternal mind no less “ TS

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“Eternal mind “ idea of God . When he goes to heaven he will become part of that larger un - ending being and re - experience in the form of a pulse all the thoughts by England given

99
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Explain “ her sights and sounds , dreams happy as her day and laughter learnt of friends “ TS

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England in the sky . Joyous picture of life after death , much like happiest times spent in England

100
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Explain “ and gentleness , in hearts at peace , under an English heaven “ TS

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Gentleness in the hearts of those that get into this English heaven . Hearts are at peace . Different heavens for different people . Afterlife filled with familiar comforts of home .

101
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Who wrote dulce e decorum est

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Wilfred Owen

102
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Explain “bent double like old beggars under sacks , knock -kneed , coughing like hags ,we cursed through sludge “ DEDE

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Soldiers are crippled . Mentally and physically overcome by the weight of their experiences in war . Images of how twisted the bodies of soldiers have become

103
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Explain “ till on haunting flares we turned our backs , and towards our distant rest began to trudge”

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Battle about to end for the day . Irony to distant rest . Could be barracks or death

104
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Explain “men marched asleep “ DEDE

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Zombies , walking as if they are dead they are so exhausted . Full stop in middle of line gives pause

105
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Explain “ many had lost their boots but limped on , blood - shod “ DEDE

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Alliteration of l sound making it long and hard to say . Blood is clothing them . War figuratively and literally is enveloping them

106
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Explain “ all went lame , all blind , drunk with fatigue , deaf even to the hoots , of tired , outstripped five mines that dropped behind “ DEDE

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Choppiness mimics tired men . Drunk and deaf people overwhelmed by never ending battles . Even shells are tired and outstripped . The whole war seems worn out

107
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Explain “ gas ! Gas! Quick boys! An ecstasy of fumbling , fitting clumsy helmets just in time “ DEDE

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Repetition of frantic cry draws us to action . Panicked , disorientated

108
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Explain “ but someone still was crying out and stumbling and floundering like a man in fire or lime “ DEDE

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Lime is chemical compound that burns through the body . Speaker can’t face it head on , has to describe it through similes .

109
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Explain “ dim through the misty planes and thick green light , as under a sea of green , I saw him drowning “ DEDE

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Repetition of the word green gives us illusion the green fog is surrounding us as well . Slow motion . So horrible we have to pause to take it all in . Long ees

110
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Explain “ in all my dreams , before my helpless sight , he plunges at me , guttering , choking , drowning “ DEDE

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Out of second stanza because it’s now in present tense . He is haunted . Onomatopoeia . Can’t do anything

111
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Explain “ if in some smothering dreams you too could pace , h
Behind the wagon that we flung him in “ DEDE

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Heavy , big , tossed

112
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Explain “ and watched the white eyes writing in his face , his hanging face , like a devils sick of sin” DEDE

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The body of soldier writhes in surreal agony . Alliteration of s like hissing

113
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Explain “ if you could hear at every jolt , the blood come gargling fro, the fourth corrupted lungs , obscene as cancer , bitter as the cud , of vile incurable sores on innocent tounges “ DEDE

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Disgusting as he wants to show us how degrading , humiliating and surreal the destruction of human body can be

114
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Explain “ my Friend , you would not tell which such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory , the old lie “ DEDE

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Bitterly says war efforts begin at home . People convince children they find glory on the battlefield . Zest - sarcastic or high enthusiasm

115
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Explain “dulce et decorum pro pratria mori” DEDE

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Only 10 syllables makes awkward silence . Silence of death ,it is sweet and proper to die for ones country .

116
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In poetry what is the theme

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Subject , central idea , underlying thought

117
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In poetry what is the intention

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Reason or motive poet had

We can then understand how the poet wants us to feel

118
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In poetry what is diction

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Vocal , choice of words

119
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In poetry what is tone

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Attitude , towards subject and readers , not always consistent

120
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In poetry what is the rythem

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Flow of words , beat , creates mood or atmosphere , convey a theme , set particular pace

121
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In poetry what is rhyme

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Repetition of familiar sounds
Usually vowel sound followed by consonant
Occurring at the end of lines

122
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What are the figures of speech

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Simile , metaphor , personification , alliteration , assonance , onomatopoeia

123
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What is a simile

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Comparison between 2 things using the words like or as

124
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Give an example of a simile

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He is like a pig

125
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What is a metaphor

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Direct comparison without like or as

126
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Give an example of a metaphor

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He is bill gates

127
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What is personification

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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

128
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Give an example of personification

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The pine trees shook with hysterical laughter

129
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What is a sound decide and name them

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Phrase or word using sounds to add or convey meaning

Alliteration , assonance , onomatopoeia

130
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What is alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

131
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Give an example of alliteration

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Football Fever Fuels the Fans

132
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What is assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

133
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Give an example of assonance

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Clap your hands and stamp your feet

134
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What is onomatopoeia

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Imitate and reproduce real life sounds and actions

135
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Give an example of onomatopoeia

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The sky expelled with a crash , bang and hissing of fireworks

136
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What is the purpose of a full stop (give a full stop)

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End of a statement (.)

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