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Quiz 1
How well do you know your Conflict Poems?
Fill in the blanks and identify which poem it is taken from:Can you identify the technique the poet is using?
1. "I know this labyrinth so well"METAPHOR
2. "Think how it wakes the seeds"IMPERATIVE
3. "Rushed like lions to a..."SIMILE
4. "I am going to keep things like this"STATEMENT
5. "Icy-amorous embrace"OXYMORON
6. "Half a league, half a league"REPETITION
7. "Were wild with his despair"EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
8. "Like a wound working a foreign body to the... "SIMILE
9. "Here in the gills I am still breathing"METAPHOR
10. "It's just a piece of cloth"JUXTAPOSITION
11. "Sweating like molten iron from the..."SIMILE
12. "Gently its touch awoke him once" PERSONIFICATION
13. "Are words no more than waving, wavering flags?"RHETORICAL QUESTION
14. "We waited whilst our papers were checked"INCLUSIVE PRONOUN
15. "When no wind whirled them whistling"ALLITERATION
16. "I went into your bedroom, released a songbird from its cage"SYMBOLISM
17. "He plunged past with his bayonet"VERB
18. "It was raining exclamation marks"METAPHOR
19. "'I can inhale home,'somebody said"DIRECT SPEECH
20. "By gee by gosh by gum"EUPHEMISM
Quiz 1: Answers
How well do you know your Conflict Poems?
Fill in the blanks and identify which poem it is taken from:Can you identify the technique the poet is using?
1. "I know this labyrinth so well"METAPHOR
2. "Think how it wakes the seeds"IMPERATIVE
3. "Rushed like lions to a..."SIMILE
4. "I am going to keep things like this"STATEMENT
5. "Icy-amorous embrace"OXYMORON
6. "Half a league, half a league"REPETITION
7. "Were wild with his despair"EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
8. "Like a wound working a foreign body to the... "SIMILE
9. "Here in the gills I am still breathing"METAPHOR
10. "It's just a piece of cloth"JUXTAPOSITION
11. "Sweating like molten iron from the..."SIMILE
12. "Gently its touch awoke him once" PERSONIFICATION
13. "Are words no more than waving, wavering flags?"RHETORICAL QUESTION
14. "We waited whilst our papers were checked"INCLUSIVE PRONOUN
15. "When no wind whirled them whistling"ALLITERATION
16. "I went into your bedroom, released a songbird from its cage"SYMBOLISM
17. "He plunged past with his bayonet"VERB
18. "It was raining exclamation marks"METAPHOR
19. "'I can inhale home,'somebody said"DIRECT SPEECH
20. "By gee by gosh by gum"EUPHEMISM
Quiz 2
How well do you know your Conflict Poems?
For each statement identify the poem/s:
1. The poem/s that accept death.
2. The poem/s about the pointless deaths of young soldiers.
3. The poem/s written from the perspective of a soldier.
4. The poem/s written from the perspective of a distanced
observer.
5. The poem/s written from a female's perspective.
6. The poem/s that make a protest about conflict/war.
7. The poem/s about preserving the memory of the dead.
8. The poem/s that warn about blind patriotism.
9. The poem/s that show the impact conflict has on land.
10. The poem/s that show the impact conflict has on people.
11. The poem/s that make use of images of nature.
12. The poem/s that show a divided society.
13. The poem/s about feeling helpless.
14. The poem/s that point out the similarities between 'us' and
'them'.
15. The poem/s that use contrast to make their point.
16. The poem/s that make use of vivid imagery.
17. The poem/s that use the image of a doorway.
18. The poem/s that make interesting uses of structure.
19. The poem/s that begin abruptly.
20. The poem/s that are upsetting.
21. The poem/s that make use of a clear narrative.
22. The poem/s that establish a clear sense of character.
23. The poem/s that are based on first hand experience.
24. The poem/s that are not based on first hand experience.
25. The poem/s that are about more than just conflict.