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1
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Who wrote “Exposure”?

A

Wilfred owen

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What did wilfred owen who wrote “exposure” write about

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WW1

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True or Faule did wilfred owen who wrote “Exposure” experience war?

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true

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What did wilfred owen from “exposure” write about

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War

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when was wilfred owen born

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1893

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what is the back story of exposure

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the sandwiches are tired, but they have to keep awake. Their enemies don’t attack them because it feels like if the enemies don’t the Cold will

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“our____ ache in the _____ iced east winds that _____ us

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brains
mercilesss
knive

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our brains_____ in the _______ iced ____ winds that knive us

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ache
merciless
east

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in the quote “our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what use of language is our brains ache

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hyperbole

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in the quote “our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what dose our brains ache mean

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emphasising the physical pain and discomfort

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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what use of language is merciless

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personification

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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what dose merciless mean

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deadliness of the weather

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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what language is “ winds knife us”

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metaphor

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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what dose “winds that knive us” mean

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the nature is ruthless and dangerous
soldiers are vunrable

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in the quote in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what language is “our” and us”

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inclusive pronouns

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in the quote in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” what use of inclusive pronouns show?

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not just one struggling js is universal
unity of soldiers

17
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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”
what language is …

A

ellipsis

18
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in the quote “ our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”
what dose the ellipsis show

A

time passes slowly
boredom wich contrasts with war as wars associated with fighting and a lot going on

19
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“worried by _____”

A

slince

20
Q

_____ by silence

A

worried

21
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what dose the quote “worried by silence” show

A

they are more scared of the silence then they are the actual action of war

22
Q

“______, we hear the mad _____ tugging on the ____

A

watching
gusts
wire

23
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why did wilfred owen in the quote “our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us”
use brain instead of arm?

A

to show not only the physical pain for the psychological pain

24
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in the quote “watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” what use of imagery is it

A

sensory imagery

25
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in the quote “watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” what dose watching show about the soldiers?

A

makes the seem passive and helpless

26
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in the quote “watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” what use of language is mad?

A

personification

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“watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” what is the use of language of repeating the W’s?

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Alliteration

28
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“watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” what dose the repetition of the w’s make you do to your bottom lip

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quivering or sobbing

29
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“watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” how dose this show the soldiers slight confusion of war

A

the repeated W’s showing sobbing and them in a confused state and disorient because of poor conditions

30
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in the quote “watching, we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire” how dose the caesura effect the quote?

A

symbolises emotional and physical decline

31
Q

“______, incessantly, the flickering______ rumbles far off, ______ a dull rumour of some other_____

A

northward
gunnery
like
war

32
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Northward,______, the flickers gunnery of ______./ far off like a_____ rumour of _____ other war

A

incessantly
rumbles
dull
some

33
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“northward incessantly like the flickering gunnery rumbles, far off like a dull rumour of some other war” what is the use of language and deeper meaning of rumbles

A

onomatopoeia
violence

34
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“northward incessantly like the flickering gunnery rumbles, far off like a dull rumour of some other war” what is the use of language and deeper meaning of flickering gunnery

A

synaesthesia
soldiers are delirious

35
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“far off like a dull rumour of some other war” what dose it relate to?

A

biblical imergry
biblical reference

36
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what is the religious quote similar to “far off like a dull rumour of some other war”

A

“you will hear if ears and rumours of wars”

37
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what structure dose Exposure use?

A

Lyric

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