Exam Grd 9 Term 1

Question 1

List 3 themes of television

Answer 1

Television - an idiot box
Death of imagination
Importance of reading books

Question 2

List 5 poetic devices in television and give an example for each

Answer 2

Repetition- never, NEVER, NEVER let
Synecdoche- The younger ones had beatrix potter
Personification- It kills imagination dead
Hyperbole - a dozen eyeballs on the floor
Simile- as soft as cheese

Question 3

What is the genre of television

Answer 3

Didactic poem

Question 4

List 3 themes of after blenheim

Answer 4

Mans cruelty
Curiosity and a lack if it
Complacency

Question 5

What is the genre of after blenheim

Answer 5

Ballad

Question 6

List 8 poetic devices in after blenheim with an example

Answer 6

Refrain - The great victory
Alliteration - With wonder-waiting eyes
Irony - ‘great victory’
Metonymy - sported on the GREEN
Polysyndeton - Large and smooth and round
Archaism - quoth, nay, ‘twas
Hyperbaton - Which he beside the rivulet
Consonance - Little Wilhelmine looks up

Question 7

What are the 2 themes in old man at the bridge

Answer 7

Pointlessness of war

Compassion

Question 8

List 5 points on the character of the old man

Answer 8

Old and tired
Lonely
Loving and protective towards his animals
Feels guilty
Feels hopeless

Question 9

Give 3 points on the character of the narrator

Answer 9

Kind
Compassionate
Helpful

Question 10

List 3 themes of an angel in disguise

Answer 10

Selfishness vs selflessness
Love as a redeemer
Compassion

Question 11

List 5 points on the character of maggie

Answer 11

Pitiful
Innocent
Helpless
Polite 
Grateful

Question 12

List 4 points on the character of joe thompson

Answer 12

Compassionate, intuitive, strong willed, gentle

Question 13

Give 3 points on Jane thompsons character initially and describe her change

Answer 13

Initially ill tempered, irritable, harsh

Undergoes a change of character and becomes more compassionate

Question 14

What is the tone of after blenheim

Answer 14

Ironic

Question 15

What is the tone of television

Answer 15

Pleading and accusatory

Question 16

Who is the author of an angel in disguise

Answer 16

T.S Arthur

Question 17

Who is the author of after blenheim

Answer 17

Robert Southey

Question 18

What is the setting of the old man at the bridge

Answer 18

Near the pontoon bridge above the ebro river

Question 19

List 3 symbols in the old man at the bridge

Answer 19

Cat represents survivors of wars as they are known to have 9 lives
Pigeons represent peace as they can fly away from war
Goats are scapegoats who bear the brunt of the war, they represent the innocent victims of war

Question 20

What is the irony in old man at the bridge

Answer 20

It takes place on good friday when jesus was resurrected which is ironic be because on this day, many lives are lost too.

Question 21

What does the title “Old man at the bridge” symbolize

Answer 21

The final bridge between life and death

Question 22

What is the narrators attitude towards the old man

Answer 22

He strikes up a conversation with the man and gets to know more about his situation through questions.

Question 23

How are common men affected during war

Answer 23

They are affected as they bear the brunt of the war and they are helpless, they are forced to leave their homes and leave.