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YEAR 8 BRAIN BOOSTERBOOKLET

Name: __________________Class: __________________Teacher: ________________

Booklet

In booklet 4, you were given a series of brain boosters. These were tasks based on the topics that you studied in class. Similar brain boosters have again been created for you. You can therefore challenge yourself on the topics you have looked at with your teacher. Each task should be completed in detail and be done to the best of your ability.

DICKENS 1 – Comprehension based on Charles Dickens2 – Oliver Twist comprehension based on Fagin3 – Great Expectations crossword4 – Great Expectations comprehension based on Miss Havisham5 – Great Expectations quiz based on Miss Havisham and Estella6 – Oliver Twist crossword 7 – Great Expectations comprehension based on Pip8 – Great Expectations quiz based on Pip

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING9 to 12 - Plan a descriptive piece of writing based on an image before completing a descriptive write up

POETRY13 – Poetic technique quiz14 – Create your own sonnet15 – Create your own sonnet

BRAIN BOOSTER 1Read the following brief biography about Charles Dickens and answer the comprehension questions that follow Mark your work by looking at the answers when you have finished.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was one of the most famous English writers of the 1800s. Although his books are often very funny, they present many of the challenges of living during this time. Many of his stories revolve around poverty and the poor. A large proportion of his writings were originally published regularly in weekly or monthly, serialised sections. Dickens books are still incredibly popular today.Charles Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His family moved to London in 1822. The Dickens family often struggled with financial problems and for a while, Charles had to leave school to work in a factory (just like many other children in the 19th century). Dickens later wrote about the difficult working conditions he himself experienced as a child.At the age of 15, Dickens finished school and went to work. He wrote stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, was published in 1837.He wrote many famous books including Oliver Twist (1838) which tells the story of an orphan boy in London. The novella A Christmas Carol (1843) became one of the most popular Christmas stories of all time. David Copperfield (1850) was based partly on Dickens’ own childhood. In many of his later books, Dickens wrote about social problems that concerned him. Dickens’ novel Hard Times (1854) presents the problems faced by factory workers.In his later years, he published A Tale of Two Cities (1859), a novel about the French Revolution. Dickens wrote less in his later years; he had grown tired. Great Expectations, one of his final novels, was published from 1860. Dickens died on June 9th, 1870, aged 58.

Answer the following comprehension questions:1. What century was Dickens writing in?____________________________________________

2. Where was Dickens born and where did he grow up?________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What was Dickens’ childhood like?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How old was Dickens when he left school?____________________________________________

5. Which Dickens novel tells the story of an orphan boy in

London?____________________________________________

6. Which of Dickens’ novels became one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time? ____________________________________________

7. What sort of problems did Dickens write about?________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What was the novel A Tale of Two Cities about?________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Dickens wrote less in later years, why?________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What date did Dickens die?________________________________________________________________________________________

Extension – further readingTake a look at the following websites to find out more about Charles Dickens.https://dickensmuseum.comYou can even take a virtual tour of the London home of Charles Dickens!

1. What century was Dickens writing in? 19 th century

2. Where was Dickens born and where did he grow up?Dickens was born on February 7 th , 1812, in Portsmouth, England .

3. What was Dickens’ childhood like? The Dickens family often struggled with financial problems and for a while, Charles had to leave school to work in a factory.

4. How old was Dickens when he left school? Dickens was 15 when he left school.

5. Which Dickens novel tells the story of an orphan boy in London? Oliver Twist.

6. Which of Dickens’ novels became one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time? A Christmas Carol

7. What sort of problems did Dickens write about? Dickens wrote about social problems that concerned him.

8. What was the novel A Tale of Two Cities about? The French Revolution.

9. Dickens wrote less in later years, why? He had grown tired.

10. What date did Dickens die?Dickens died on June 9 th ,1870

BRAIN BOOSTER 1 - Answers

Read over the following extract from Oliver Twist, the extract focuses on Fagin, a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves. Once you have finished, answer the questions in section B, C and D.

You can mark your work by checking the answers at the end.

BRAIN BOOSTER 2

Section A

Read the extract taken from the middle of the novel Oliver, by Charles Dickens – this section focuses on the character of Fagin.

1] The house to which Oliver had been conveyed, was in theneighbourhood of Whitechapel. The Jew stopped for an instant atthe corner of the street; and, glancing suspiciously round,crossed the road, and struck off in the direction of the5] Spitalfields.

The mud lay thick upon the stones, and a black mist hung over thestreets; the rain fell sluggishly down, and everything felt coldand clammy to the touch. It seemed just the night when itbefitted such a being as the Jew to be abroad. As he glided10] stealthily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls anddoorways, the hideous old man seemed like some loathsome reptile,engendered in the slime and darkness through which he moved:crawling forth, by night, in search of some rich offal for ameal.

15] He kept on his course, through many winding and narrow ways,until he reached Bethnal Green; then, turning suddenly off to theleft, he soon became involved in a maze of the mean and dirtystreets which abound in that close and densely-populated quarter.

The Jew was evidently too familiar with the ground he traversed20] to be at all bewildered, either by the darkness of the night, orthe intricacies of the way. He hurried through several alleysand streets, and at length turned into one, lighted only by asingle lamp at the farther end. At the door of a house in thisstreet, he knocked; having exchanged a few muttered words

with25] the person who opened it, he walked upstairs.

A dog growled as he touched the handle of a room-door; and a man's voice demanded who was there.

Now focus on lines 1-16. Select True or False for the following statements.

It was a bright summer evening. T/F The house Oliver was taken to was in Whitstable. T/F The evening was cold. T/F The rain pelted against the pavement. T/F The houses were overcrowded together. T/F They travelled to Bethnal Green. T/F

Circle your choice.

Section BList 2 words from lines 10-14 that show Fagin as an unlikeable character.

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List 2 words from lines 15-23 that describe the location surrounding Oliver and Fagin.

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List 2 words/phrases from lines 26-27 that show Oliver and Fagin were not expected at the house.

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‘creeping’

Section C

We will now focus on the description of Fagin’s character in more depth.

Dickens describes Fagin’s movements with the following word:

‘creeping’Think - what does the word ‘creeping’ mean?

Look at the following list–which words could you link to ‘creeping’?Draw a line to all of the words you could link.

Dragging

Speeding

Racing

Skulking`Slithering

Think about the following questions:

Why do you think that Dickens described Fagin’s actions and body language this way?

If someone/something creeps, is this a positive/negative movement?

Now, answer the following question using the sentence starter to help you.

What impression do we get of the character Fagin, from the description Dickens uses?

Challenge – can you look up any more synonyms that you could link to the word ‘creeping’?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My impression of the character Fagin is that Dickens presents him

as ________________________ I think this because ________

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Section D

Think about the paragraph from lines 10-14 describing the movement of Fagin. Draw the imagery created when you read these lines. Label the drawing. Perhaps you could compare your drawing with a friend’s drawing to see if you came up with a similar interpretation.

‘stealthily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls anddoorways, the hideous old man seemed like some loathsome reptile,engendered in the slime and darkness through which he moved:crawling forth, by night, in search of some rich offal for ameal.’

Draw in the box below and label it:

Which sentence out of the following do you think best

describes Fagin’s character from this extract?

A Fagin is dislikeable, he is an intimidating and

untrustworthy

character.

B Fagin is an interesting character but unnerves the reader

immensely.

C Fagin is a character that the reader connects with, we feel

he

has struggled himself and sympathise with him.

There is no right/wrong answer – it is your

interpretation.

Why? Justify your choice using evidence from the text.

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Now focus on lines 1-16. Select True or False for the following statements.

It was a bright summer evening. T/F The house Oliver was taken to was in Whitstable. T/F The evening was cold. T/F The rain pelted against the pavement. T/F The houses were overcrowded together. T/F They travelled to Bethnal Green. T/F

Circle your choice.

Section BList 2 words from lines 10-14 that show Fagin as an unlikeable character.Possible answers

creeping/hideous/loathsome/reptile/crawling

List 2 words from lines 15-23 that describe the location surrounding Oliver and Fagin.Possible answers

winding/narrow/maze/mean/dirty/densely-populated/darkness/

List 2 words/phrases from lines 26-27 that show Oliver and Fagin were not expected at the house.Possible answers

growled/demanded


‘creeping’

Section C

We will now focus on the description of Fagin’s character in more depth.

Dickens describes Fagin’s movements with the following word:

‘creeping’Think - what does the word ‘creeping’ mean?

Look at the following list – which words could you link to ‘creeping’?Draw a line to all of the words you could link.

Dragging

Speeding

Racing

Skulking

Slithering

Think about the following questions:

Why do you think that Dickens described Fagin’s actions and body language this way?

If someone/something creeps, is this a positive/negative movement?

Now, answer the following question using the sentence starter to help you.

What impression do we get of the character Fagin, from the description Dickens uses?

Challenge – can you look up any more synonyms that you could link to the word ‘creeping’?

Possible answers:SquirmWormSlinkSidle

Possible impression

My impression of the character Fagin is that Dickens presents him as undesirable. I think this because Dickens describes him with quite negative words such as ‘glided’ and ‘stealthily’, the kind of words you could associate with an insect or something that is deliberately trying to go undetected or to stay out of sight. Fagin’s character is also described as ‘loathsome’ and ‘hideous’ by Dickens, conveying an image of a truly hate worthy character. I imagine that he has more than likely committed some terrible crimes and leaves the reader feeling quite unnerved about what he may be capable of.

Complete the crossword based on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Once you have finished, take a look at the answers on the following page.

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Across4. The author of the novel is Charles _______7. The girl Pip is made to play with as a boy and who he falls in love with8. The name of the house Pip is sent to visit as a boy9. The convict asks Pip for food and

Down1. Pip's brother in law's job is a __________2. The woman Pip is sent to visit as a boy3. The setting at the start of the novel where the convict appears5. The woman who brings Pip up is his _________

BRAIN BOOSTER 3

Complete the crossword based on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Once you have finished, take a look at the answers on the following page.

a ____10. The name of the convict12. Pip moves to the city of ______ to become a gentleman

6. The name of the protagonist in the novel11. The type of dress that Miss Havisham wearsBRAIN BOOSTER 3 -

Answers

To see Miss Havisham with her white hair and her worn face kneeling at my feet, gave me a shock through all my frame. I entreated her to rise, and got my arms about her to help her up; but she only pressed that hand of mine which was nearest to her grasp, and hung her head over it and wept. I had never seen her shed a tear before, and, in the hope that the relief might do her good, I bent over her without speaking. She was not kneeling now, but was down upon the ground.

"O!" she cried, despairingly. "What have I done! What have I done!"

I knew not how to answer, or how to comfort her. That she had done a grievous thing in taking an impressionable child to mould into the form that her wild resentment, spurned affection, and wounded pride, found vengeance in, I knew full well.

"Until you spoke to her the other day, and until I saw in you a looking-glass that showed me what I once felt myself, I did not know what I had done. What have I done! What have I done!" And so again, twenty, fifty times over, What had she done!

"Miss Havisham," I said, when her cry had died away, "you may dismiss me from your mind and conscience. But Estella is a different case, and if you can ever undo any scrap of what you have done amiss in keeping a part of her right nature away from her, it will be better to do that, than to bemoan the past through a hundred years."

BRAIN BOOSTER 4This Great Expectations extract is taken from Chapter 49. Pip is an adult and visits Miss Havisham as he wishes to find out more about Estella as a child. When he goes for a walk in the garden, he has a daydream about Miss Havisham dying, but as he looks up at her window he sees her bend over the fire and go up in flames.

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.

"Yes, yes, I know it. But, Pip - my Dear!" There was an earnest womanly compassion for me in her new affection. "My Dear! Believe this: when she first came to me, I meant to save her from misery like my own. At first I meant no more."

With that, Miss Havisham looked distractedly at me for a while, and then burst out again, What had she done!

"If you knew all my story," she pleaded, "you would have some compassion for me and a better understanding of me."

"Miss Havisham," I answered, as delicately as I could, "I believe I may say that I do know your story, and have known it ever since I first left this neighbourhood. It has inspired me with great commiseration, and I hope I understand it and its influences. Does what has passed between us give me any excuse for asking you a question relative to Estella? Not as she is, but as she was when she first came here?"

She was seated on the ground, with her arms on the ragged chair, and her head leaning on them. She looked full at me when I said this, and replied, "Go on."

"Whose child was Estella?"

She shook her head.

"You don't know?"

She answered in a low whisper and with caution: "I had been shut up in these rooms a long time (I don't know how long; you know what time the clocks keep here), when I told him that I wanted a little girl to rear and love, and save from my fate. I had first seen him when I sent for him to lay this place waste for me; having read of him in the newspapers, before I and the world parted. He told me that he would look about him for such an orphan child. One night he brought her here asleep, and I called her Estella."

"Might I ask her age then?"

"Two or three. She herself knows nothing, but that she was left an orphan and I adopted her."

So convinced I was of that woman's being her mother, that I wanted no evidence to establish the fact in my own mind. But, to any mind, I thought, the connection here was clear and straight. What more could I hope to do by prolonging the interview? I had succeeded on behalf of Herbert, Miss Havisham had told me all she knew of Estella, I had said and done what I could to ease her mind. No matter with what other words we parted; we parted.

Twilight was closing in when I went down stairs into the natural air. I called to the woman who had opened the gate when I entered, that I would not trouble her just yet, but would walk round the place before leaving. For, I had a presentiment that I should never be there again, and I felt that the dying light was suited to my last view of it.

The mournfulness of the place and time, and the great terror of this illusion, though it was but momentary, caused me to feel an indescribable awe as I came out between the open wooden gates where I had once wrung my hair after Estella had wrung my heart. Passing on into the front court-yard, I hesitated whether to call the woman to let me out at the locked gate of which she had the key, or first to go up-stairs and assure myself that Miss Havisham was as safe and well as I had left her. I took the latter course and went up.

I looked into the room where I had left her, and I saw her seated in the ragged chair upon the hearth close to the fire, with her back towards me. In the moment when I was withdrawing my head to go quietly away, I saw a great flaming light spring up. In the same moment, I saw her running at me, shrieking, with a whirl of fire blazing all about her, and soaring at least as many feet above her head as she was high.

Then, I looked round and saw the disturbed beetles and spiders running away over the floor, and the servants coming in with breathless cries at the door. I held her forcibly down with all my strength, like a prisoner who might escape; and I doubt if I even knew who she was, or why we had struggled, or that she had been in flames, or that the flames were out, until I saw the patches of tinder that had been her garments, no longer alight but falling in a black shower around us.

She was insensible, and I was afraid to have her moved, or even touched. Assistance was sent for and I held her until it came, as if I unreasonably fancied (I think I did) that if I let her go, the fire would break out again and consume her. When I got up, on the surgeon's coming to her with other aid, I was astonished to see that both my hands were burnt; for, I had no knowledge of it through the sense of feeling.

On examination it was pronounced that she had received serious hurts, but that they of themselves were far from hopeless; the danger lay mainly in the nervous shock. By the surgeon's directions, her bed was carried into that room and laid upon the great table: which happened to be well suited to the dressing of her injuries. When I saw her again, an hour afterwards, she lay indeed where I had seen her strike her stick, and had heard her say that she would lie one day.

Though every vestige of her dress was burnt, as they told me, she still had something of her old ghastly bridal appearance; for, they had covered her to the throat with white cotton-wool, and as she lay with a white sheet loosely overlying that, the phantom air of something that had been and was changed, was still upon her.

Lines 1-21. List two ways that Miss Havisham’s appearance is described in lines

1-2.

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2. What does Pip not know what to do with regards to Miss Havisham?

Two possible answers.

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3. When Estella first lived with Miss Havisham, what did Miss Havisham

want to save her from?

________________________________________________________4. What does Pip want to ask Miss Havisham about?

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5. List two reasons why Miss Havisham wished for a child:

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6. How old was Estella when she arrived to live with Miss Havisham?

7. At what part of the day does Pip go outside into the natural air?

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8. How does Pip feel when he goes outside?

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9. In your own words, what does Pip mean when he says, ‘after Estella

had wrung my heart’?

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10. What adjective is used to describe the chair that Miss

Havisham is seated in?

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11. List two images that show Miss Havisham has been set on

fire:

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12. What does Pip do to Miss Havisham to try and save her?

13. Can you find a simile to describe how he does this?

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14. What does Pip see running along the floor?

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15. What does Pip not realise has happened to him whilst saving

Miss Havisham?

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16. Whilst Miss Havisham receives ‘serious hurts’ from being in the fire, they are described by Dickens as ‘far from hopeless’. In your own words, what does this mean? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. List two things that covered Miss Havisham after her injuries:

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Think about the whole of the extract now. Find evidence to prove the following:

18. Miss Havisham feels upset about how she treated Estella. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Pip feels as though his visit to Miss Havisham will be his last. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

20. Miss Havisham’s wedding dress is destroyed in the fire. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Check your answers. You can use the text to refer to when checking your responses.

Lines 1-2

21. List two ways that Miss Havisham’s appearance is described in

lines 1-2.

White hair Worn face

22. What does Pip not know what to do with regards to Miss

Havisham? Two possible answers.

How to answer her How to comfort her

23. When Estella first lived with Miss Havisham, what did Miss

Havisham want to save her from?

Misery like her own24. What does Pip want to ask Miss Havisham about?

Estella


25. List two reasons why Miss Havisham wished for a child:

to rear and love

to save from Miss Havisham’s fate

26.How old was Estella when she arrived to live with Miss Havisham?

Two or three

27.At what part of the day does Pip go outside into the natural air?

Twilight

28.How does Pip feel when he goes outside?

Indescribable awe

29. In your own words, what does Pip mean when he says, ‘after

Estella had wrung my heart’?

Perhaps: Estella has hurt Pip; had broken his heart;

had treated him cruelly; had caused him pain; had

caused him suffering; had been careless with his

heart.

30. What adjective is used to describe the chair that Miss

Havisham is seated in?

Ragged

31. List two images that show Miss Havisham has been set on fire:

Great flaming light spring up

A whirl of fire blazing all about her

32. What does Pip do to Miss Havisham to try and save her?

Held her forcibly down

33. Can you find a simile to describe how he does this?

Like a prisoner who might escape

34. What does Pip see running along the floor?

Beetles and spiders

35. What does Pip not realise has happened to him whilst saving

Miss Havisham?

He has burnt both of his hands

36. Whilst Miss Havisham receives ‘serious hurts’ from being in the fire, they are described by Dickens as ‘far from hopeless’. In your own words, what does this mean?

She will not die from her injuries; she will not die; she will not lose her life; she will survive.

37. List two things that covered Miss Havisham after her injuries:

White cotton wool White sheet

Think about the whole of the extract now. Find evidence to prove the following:

38. Miss Havisham feels upset about how she treated Estella.

She constantly uses repetition: ‘What have I done’?; Dickens uses the adjective ‘despairingly’.

39. Pip feels as though his visit to Miss Havisham will be his last. Pip says ‘I should never be there again’ and Dickens uses pathetic fallacy: ‘the dying light was suited to my last view of it’

40. Miss Havisham’s wedding dress is destroyed in the fire. ‘patches of tinder that had been her garments’; ‘every vestige of her dress was burnt’;

1) What is Miss Havisham’s

house covered in?a) Mossb) Ivya) Vines

2) Why does Miss Havisham lock herself away from society?

a) Her husband said ‘no’ at the alter on their wedding day.

b) Her husband jilted her on

BRAIN BOOSTER 5Estella and Miss Havisham quizFor this quiz, you will need to recall knowledge from your studies in class about Chapter 8, as well as using the extract from Chapter 49 where Pip visits Miss Havisham as an adult.

their wedding day. c) Her husband died on their

wedding day.3) Estella is Miss Havisham’s:

a) Biological child. b) Adopted child. c) Fostered child.

4) Estella treats Pip: a) Cruelly b) Pleasantly c) Indifferently

5) Pip later saves Miss Havisham from:

a) Drowning b) A burglary c) A fire

6) Who is revealed to be Estella’s father?

a) Magwitch b) Mr Joe Gargeryc) Herbert Pocket

7) As they grow older, Estella continues to:

a) Write Pip love letters b) Reject Pip’s love. c) Provide Pip with

money.

8) Estella eventually marries a man called Mr Drummle:

a) Pip’s best friend. b) Pip’s cousin. c) Pip’s enemy.

9) When Mr Drummle dies, Estella marries:

a) Pip b) A poor doctor c) No one

10) The entrance to Miss Havisham’s house has:

a) ‘two chains across it’b) ‘two gargoyles across

it’ c) ‘two padlocks across it’

11) When Pip first sets eyes on Miss Havisham, he describes her as:

a) ‘the weirdest lady I have ever seen’

b) ‘the oddest lady I have ever seen’

c) ‘the strangest lady I have ever seen’

12) Miss Havisham describes herself as a woman who:

a) ‘had never seen the sun’ since Pip was born.

b) ‘had never left the house’ since Pip was born.

c) ‘had never seen the moon’ since Pip was born.

13) The most noticeable object in Miss Havisham’s room is:

a) ‘A long table’ b) ‘A huge armchair’ c) ‘A great book case’

14) Many things are described in Miss Havisham’s room including:

a) Beetles, cobwebs, woodlice

b) Flies, cobwebs and mosquitoes

c) Beetles, cobwebs,

spiders.15) What is decaying in

the middle of Miss Havisham’s room?

a) A birthday cake b) A wedding cake c) A Christening cake

16) When Pip visits Miss Havisham and he is an adult, she repeats what phrase?

a) ‘what have I done?’b) ‘why did I do it?’c) ‘what can I do?’

17) Pip visits Miss Havisham to ask her questions about:

a) His mother b) Estella c) Magwitch

18) Miss Havisham tells Pip that she wanted a child to:

a) ‘Control and manipulate’

b) ‘Rear and love’c) ‘Love and nurture’

19) When Miss Havisham sets alight, she runs towards Pip:

a) ‘Crying’ b) ‘Screaming’c) ‘Shrieking’

20) Miss Havisham suffers what from the fire?

a) ‘serious hurts’ b) ‘serious fatalities’ c) ‘serious injuries’

1) What is Miss Havisham’s house covered in?

c) Moss d) Ivyb) Vines

2) Why does Miss Havisham lock herself away from society?

d) Her husband said ‘no’ at the alter on their wedding day.

e) Her husband jilted her on their wedding day.

f) Her husband died on their wedding day.

3) Estella is Miss Havisham’s:d) Biological child. e) Adopted child. f) Fostered child.

4) Estella treats Pip: d) Cruelly e) Pleasantly f) Indifferently

5) Pip later saves Miss Havisham from:

d) Drowning e) A burglary f) A fire

6) Who is revealed to be Estella’s father?

d) Magwitch e) Mr Joe Gargeryf) Herbert Pocket

7) As they grow older, Estella continues to:

d) Write Pip love letters e) Reject Pip’s love. f) Provide Pip with

money.

8) Estella eventually marries a man called Mr Drummle:

d) Pip’s best friend. e) Pip’s cousin. f) Pip’s enemy.

9) When Mr Drummle dies, Estella marries:

d) Pip e) A poor doctor f) No one

10) The entrance to Miss Havisham’s house has:

d) ‘two chains across it’

e) ‘two gargoyles across it’

f) ‘two padlocks across it’11) When Pip first sets

eyes on Miss Havisham, he describes her as:

d) ‘the weirdest lady I have ever seen’

e) ‘the oddest lady I have ever seen’

f) ‘the strangest lady I have ever seen’

12) Miss Havisham describes herself as a woman who:

d) ‘had never seen the sun’ since Pip was born.

e) ‘had never left the house’ since Pip was born.

f) ‘had never seen the moon’ since Pip was born.


13) The most noticeable object in Miss Havisham’s room is:

d) ‘A long table’ e) ‘A huge armchair’ f) ‘A great book case’

14) Many things are described in Miss Havisham’s room including:

d) Beetles, cobwebs, woodlice

e) Flies, cobwebs and mosquitoes

f) Beetles, cobwebs, spiders.

15) What is decaying in the middle of Miss Havisham’s room?

d) A birthday cake e) A wedding cake f) A Christening cake

16) When Pip visits Miss Havisham and he is an adult, she repeats what phrase?

d) ‘what have I done?’ e) ‘why did I do it?’f) ‘what can I do?’

17) Pip visits Miss Havisham to ask her questions about:

d) His mother e) Estella f) Magwitch

18) Miss Havisham tells Pip that she wanted a child to:

d) ‘Control and manipulate’

e) ‘Rear and love’ f) ‘Love and nurture’

19) When Miss Havisham sets alight, she runs towards Pip:

d) ‘Crying’ e) ‘Screaming’f) ‘Shrieking’

20) Miss Havisham suffers what from the fire?

d) ‘serious hurts’ e) ‘serious fatalities’ f) ‘serious injuries’

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Across3. Oliver Twist is a charcter created by Charles _______ .9. Oliver was born in a _________ .10. Complete the two missing words from the quote, "please, sir, may I have _________ please?"11. What happened to Oliver's mother?12. Oliver is adopted by Mr

Down1. Oliver meets a man called _____ who teaches boys to pickpocket.2. The crime Oliver is accused of.4. The era the novel was set in5. When Oliver arrived in London, he met Jack Dawkins. What nickname did Jack have?6. The man who is responsible for running the workhouse that Oliver is born in is Mr ______.

BRAIN BOOSTER 6Complete the crossword based on Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens. Once you have finished, take a look at the answers on the following page.

________. 7. How did Oliver get to London?8. What did Oliver ask for more of in the work house?

My sister was never left alone now; but Joe more than readily undertook the care of her on that Sunday afternoon, and Biddy and I went out together. It was summer-time, and lovely weather. When we had passed the village and the church and the churchyard, and were out on the marshes and began to see the sails of the ships as they sailed on, I began to combine Miss Havisham and Estella with the prospect, in my usual way. When we came to the river-side and sat down on the bank, with the water rippling at our feet, making it all quieter than it would have been without that sound, I resolved that it was a good time and place for the admission of Biddy into my inner confidence.“Biddy,” said I, after binding her to secrecy, “I want to be a gentleman.”“Oh, I wouldn’t, if I was you!” she returned. “I don’t think it would answer.”“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.”

“You know best, Pip; but don’t you think you are happier as you are?”“Biddy,” I exclaimed, impatiently, “I am not at all happy as I am. I am disgusted with my calling and with my life. I have never taken to either, since I was bound. Don’t be absurd.”“Was I absurd?” said Biddy, quietly raising her eyebrows; “I am sorry for that; I didn’t mean to be. I only want you to do well, and to be comfortable.”“Well then, understand once for all that I never shall or can be comfortable—or anything but miserable—there, Biddy! —unless I can lead a very different sort of life from the life I lead now.”“That’s a pity!” said Biddy, shaking her head with a sorrowful air.Now, I too had so often thought it a pity, that, in the singular kind of quarrel with myself which I was always carrying on, I was half inclined to shed tears of

BRAIN BOOSTER 6 - AnswersBRAIN BOOSTER 7This Great Expectations extract is taken from Chapter 17. Pip is in his early teens and is an apprentice at Joe’s Blacksmith forge. His sister, after being attacked, needs constant care which is provided with the additional help of Biddy. Biddy is a similar age to Pip. You can listen to whole chapter on this link-https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/140/great-expectations/2561/chapter-17/ . This section is 05.29-10.40.

vexation and distress when Biddy gave utterance to her sentiment and my own. I told her she was right, and I knew it was much to be regretted, but still it was not to be helped.“If I could have settled down,” I said to Biddy, plucking up the short grass within reach, much as I had once upon a time pulled my feelings out of my hair and kicked them into the brewery wall: “if I could have settled down and been but half as fond of the forge as I was when I was little, I know it would have been much better for me. You and I and Joe would have wanted nothing then, and Joe and I would perhaps have gone partners when I was out of my time, and I might even have grown up to keep company with you, and we might have sat on this very bank on a fine Sunday, quite different people. I should have been good enough for you; shouldn’t I, Biddy?”Biddy sighed as she looked at the ships sailing on, and returned for answer, “Yes; I am not over-particular.” It scarcely sounded flattering, but I knew she meant well. “Instead of that,” said I, plucking up more grass and chewing a blade or two, “see how I am going on. Dissatisfied, and uncomfortable, and—what would it signify to me, being coarse and common, if nobody had told me so!”Biddy turned her face suddenly towards mine, and looked far more attentively at me than she had looked at the sailing ships.“It was neither a very true nor a very polite thing to say,” she remarked, directing her eyes to the ships again. “Who said it?”I was disconcerted, for I had broken away without quite seeing where I was going to. It was not to be shuffled off now, however, and I answered, “The beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham’s, and she’s more beautiful than anybody ever was, and I admire her dreadfully, and I want to be a gentleman on her account.” Having made this lunatic confession, I began to throw my torn-up grass into the river, as if I had some thoughts of following it.“Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over?” Biddy quietly asked me, after a pause.“I don’t know,” I moodily answered.“Because, if it is to spite her,” Biddy pursued, “I should think—but you know best—that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think—but you know best—she was not worth gaining over.”Exactly what I myself had thought, many times. Exactly what was perfectly manifest to me at the moment. But how could I, a poor dazed village lad, avoid that wonderful inconsistency into which the best and wisest of men fall every day?

“It may be all quite true,” said I to Biddy, “but I admire her dreadfully.”In short, I turned over on my face when I came to that, and got a good grasp on the hair on each side of my head, and wrenched it well. All the while knowing the madness of my heart to be so very mad and misplaced, that I was quite

conscious it would have served my face right, if I had lifted it up by my hair, and knocked it against the pebbles as a punishment for belonging to such an idiot.Biddy was the wisest of girls, and she tried to reason no more with me. She put her hand, which was a comfortable hand though roughened by work, upon my hands, one after another, and gently took them out of my hair. Then she softly patted my shoulder in a soothing way, while with my face upon my sleeve I cried a little—exactly as I had done in the brewery yard—and felt vaguely convinced that I was very much ill-used by somebody, or by everybody; I can’t say which.

Answer the following comprehension questions.

1) List three things Pip would have seen on his walk with Biddy.

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2) What does Pip tell Biddy that he wants to be?

____________________________________________________3) How does Biddy react to Pip’s confession?

________________________________________________________4) How does Pip feel about his life at this moment?

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5) ““That’s a pity!” said Biddy, shaking her head with a sorrowful air.”Does Pip agree with her?

________________________________________________________6) How did Pip feel about the forge when he was little?

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7) What two things does Pip say could have been different if he

“could have settled down”?

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8) In your own words, what does Pip mean when he says, “I should have been good enough for you; shouldn’t I, Biddy?”

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_________________________________________What two words are used to

describe the way that Pip feels at this moment?

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9) Who told Pip he was, “coarse and common”?

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Using knowledge from outside of this extract, can you remember this character’s name?______________________________________________________

10) Why does Pip want to be a gentleman?

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11) In your own words, can you explain what Biddy means when she asks Pip, “Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over?”

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12) How does Pip reply to Biddy’s question?

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13) What two pieces of advice does Biddy give Pip, depending on his reason for wanting to be a gentleman?

If he wants to be a gentleman to spite the girl, then he should…______________________________________________________________________________________________

If he wants to be a gentleman to gain the girl over, then he should…

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14) Does Pip agree with this advice? _______________________________________________________

15) Why does Pip feel he cannot follow the advice?______________________________________________________

16) How does Pip refer to himself for feeling this way?_______________________________________________________

17) What is happening between Biddy and Pip at the end of the extract?

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Think about the whole of the extract now. You will need to choose one statement that you think best answers each question.18) How is Pip feeling in this extract?

a) He is annoyed that Biddy will not help him become a gentleman.b) He is frustrated as he wants to become a gentleman but thinks it will

never happen.c) He is pleased that he has his job with Joe at the forge.

19) Why does Pip want to be a gentleman?a) He read about them in a book and has been thinking about them since

he was a boy.b) He knows that he is no good in the forge and worries that people think

he is useless at his job.c) He thinks it will get him closer to a girl he once met, and he feels that he

needs more than his current life gives him.20) How does Biddy behave towards Pip in this extract?

a) Biddy listens to Pip and tries to be sympathetic. She comforts him.b) Biddy listens to Pip and thinks he is silly. She laughs at him. c) Biddy listens to Pip and gets angry with him. She shouts at him.



1) Pip receives a visit from a stranger who starts to become more familiar to him.

I relinquished the intention he had detected, for I knew him! Even yet, I could not recall a single feature, but I knew him! If the wind and the rain had driven away the intervening years, had scattered all the intervening objects, had swept us to the churchyard where we first stood face to face on such different levels, I could not have known my convict more distinctly than I knew him now as he sat in the chair before the fire. No need to take a file from his pocket and show it to me; no need to take the handkerchief from his neck and twist it round his head; no need to hug himself with both his arms, and take a shivering turn across the room, looking back at me for recognition. I knew him before he gave me one of those aids, though, a moment before, I had not been conscious of remotely suspecting his identity.

BRAIN BOOSTER 8These Great Expectations extracts are

taken from Chapter 39. Pip is now 23 and living in London. He received money from an unknown person to help him become a gentleman. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

2) The convict Magwitch, who he met as a child in the churchyard, thanks him but Pip feels uncomfortable.

"You acted noble, my boy," said he. "Noble, Pip! And I have never forgot it!"

At a change in his manner as if he were even going to embrace me, I laid a hand upon his breast and put him away.

"Stay!" said I. "Keep off! If you are grateful to me for what I did when I was a little child, I hope you have

shown your gratitude by mending your way of life. If you have come here to thank me, it was not necessary. Still, however you have found me out, there must be something good in the feeling that has brought you here, and I will not repulse you; but surely you must understand that - I--"

3) Pip asks Magwitch what he has been doing. "How are you living?" I asked him.

"I've been a sheep-farmer, stock-breeder, other trades besides, away in the new world," said he: "many a thousand mile of stormy water off from this."

"I hope you have done well?"

"I've done wonderfully well. There's others went out a longer me as has done well too, but no

man has done nigh as well as me. I'm famous for it."

"I am glad to hear it."

"I hope to hear you say so, my dear boy."

4) Magwitch reveals that he is responsible for the money that made Pip a gentleman."Yes, Pip, dear boy, I've made a gentleman on you! It's me wot has done it! I swore that time, sure as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to you. I swore afterwards, sure as ever I spec'lated and got rich, you should get rich. I lived rough, that you should live smooth; I worked hard, that you should be above work. What odds, dear boy? Do I tell it, fur you to feel a obligation? Not a bit. I tell it, fur you to know as that there hunted dunghill dog wot you keep life in, got his head so high that he could make a gentleman - and, Pip , you're him!"

Pip and Magwitch QuizFor the first part of this quiz, you need to remember what you can from what you studied in class. The next part is remembering what you can from the chapter 39 extracts.

1) Where is Pip when a reader first meets him?

c) In a graveyardd) Inside a churche) Climbing a tree

2) What is Pip doing when a reader first meets him?

a) Stealing applesb) Visiting his parents’

gravesc) Attending a funeral

3) Who is Pip’s sister married to?

a) Joeb) Johnc) Jeff

4) What job does Pip’s brother in law have?

a) A shop keeperb) A funeral directorc) A blacksmith

5) How does Pip describe himself?

a) “The small bundle of cold growing colder and beginning to cry”

b) “The small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry”

c) “The small bundle of nerves growing afraid of it all and starting to cry”

6) What is the first thing Magwitch, says to Pip?

a) “Hold your apples!”b) “Hold my bag!”c) “Hold your noise!”

7) Magwitch is described as having “a great iron on his leg”. What does this tell a reader?

a) He was an escaped convict

b) He had one legc) He must enjoy

household chores

8) How does Pip feel towards Magwitch?

a) He is worried about him

b) He is scared of himc) He is repulsed by him

9) What does Magwitch think when he finds out what Pip’s brother in law does?

a) He might have tools to remove the iron on his leg

b) He might have a lot of money

10) Magwitch asks Pip to bring him two things. What are they?

a) A file and paperb) A file and foodc) A blanket and food

c) He might know him11) What does Magwitch

say will happen if Pip does not bring him what he wants?

a) He knows someone who will tear out his heart during the night

b) He knows someone who will attack his family

c) He knows someone else who will get him the things

12) Does Pip return with what Magwitch wants?

a) Yes, but he is followedb) Yes, but Magwitch is

not therec) Yes, but Magwitch gets

caught later

This next part is remembering what you can from

the chapter 39 extracts.

13) How old is Pip when Magwitch returns?

e) 22f) 23f) 24

14) What does Pip remember about the first time he met Magwitch?

g) The file and the handkerchief that had been round his head

h) The file and the great iron on his leg

g) His eyes and the handkerchief that had been round his head

15) How does Magwitch describe Pip’s behaviour as a boy?g) “You acted bravely”

16) Pip doesn’t want Magwitch to thank him but just hopes that…g) He has stopped his life of

h) “You acted cowardly”i) “You acted noble”

crimeh) He has changed his socksi) He has managed to avoid

getting caught for committing more crime

17) What has Magwitch been doing since Pip met him as a boy?

g) Blacksmithh) In prisoni) Sheep farmer

18) What does Magwitch say he is famous for?

g) How he has managed to avoid getting caught and put back in prison

h) How quickly he can pick a lock

i) How well he has done at sheep farming

19) What does Magwitch tell Pip about the money to make him a gentleman?

g) “as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to you”

h) “as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to charity”

i) “as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to a better life”

20)Why did Magwitch give the money to Pip?

g) Because Pip threatened him in the graveyard

h) Because he was grateful to Pip for helping him in the graveyard

i) Because he thought Pip would donate it to improving the graveyard


1) Where is Pip when a reader first meets him?g) In a graveyard h) Inside a churchi) Climbing a tree

2) What is Pip doing when a reader first meets him?d) Stealing applese) Visiting his parents’

gravesf) Attending a funeral


3) Who is Pip’s sister married to?d) Joe e) Johnf) Jeff

4) What job does Pip’s brother in law have?d) A shop keepere) A funeral directorf) A blacksmith

5) How does Pip describe himself?d) “The small bundle of

cold growing colder and beginning to cry”

e) “The small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry”

f) “The small bundle of nerves growing afraid of it all and starting to cry”

6) What is the first thing Magwitch, says to Pip?d) “Hold your apples!”e) “Hold my bag!”f) “Hold your noise!”

7) Magwitch is described as having “a great iron on his leg”. What does this tell a reader?d) He was an escaped

convicte) He had one legf) He must enjoy

household chores

8) How does Pip feel towards Magwitch?d) He is worried about

hime) He is scared of him f) He is repulsed by him

9) What does Magwitch think when he finds out what Pip’s brother in law does?d) He might have tools

to remove the iron on his leg

e) He might have a lot of money

f) He might know him

10) Magwitch asks Pip to bring him two things. What are they?d) A file and papere) A file and food f) A blanket and food

11) What does Magwitch say will happen if Pip does not bring him what he wants?d) He knows someone

who will tear out his heart during the night

e) He knows someone who will attack his family

f) He knows someone else who will get him

12) Does Pip return with what Magwitch wants?d) Yes, but he is followede) Yes, but Magwitch is

not theref) Yes, but Magwitch

gets caught later

the things

This next part is remembering what you can from

the chapter 39 extracts.

13) How old is Pip when Magwitch returns?h) 22i) 23 j) 24

14) What does Pip remember about the first time he met Magwitch?

i) The file and the handkerchief that had been round his head

j) The file and the great iron on his leg

j) His eyes and the handkerchief that had been round his head

15) How does Magwitch describe Pip’s behaviour as a boy?

j) “You acted bravely”k) “You acted cowardly”l) “You acted noble”

16) Pip does not want Magwitch to thank him but just hopes that…

j) He has stopped his life of crime

k) He has changed his socksl) He has managed to avoid

getting caught for committing more crime

17) What has Magwitch been doing since Pip met him as a boy?j) Blacksmithk) In prisonl) Sheep farmer

18) What does Magwitch say he is famous for?j) How he has managed

to avoid getting caught and put back in prison

k) How quickly he can pick a lock

l) How well he has done at sheep farming

19) What does Magwitch tell Pip about the money to make him a gentleman?j) “as ever I earned a

guinea, that guinea should go to you”

k) “as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to charity”

l) “as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to a better life”

20)Why did Magwitch give the money to Pip?

20) Because Pip threatened him in the graveyard

21) Because he was grateful to Pip for helping him in the graveyard

22) Because he thought Pip would donate it to improving the graveyard

Sights: Sounds: Taste: Touch: Smells:

Are there any key characters?Note their characteristics.

Why are certain characters there? What information could you withhold yet suggest?

What tone will you create? What words could you use to create this tone?

What interesting and ambitious words could you use to initially describe the overall atmosphere?

BRAIN BOOSTER 9Descriptive Writing TaskAround the image below, use your imagination to build ideas you could use for the opening of a descriptive story.

Now use your plan to write up your response:

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Now use this space to plan your answer. You are aiming for 3 detailed paragraphs. Paragraph 1: Develop atmosphere (use show not tell and techniques)Paragraph 2: Introduce character(s) – think about the tone (is it eerie? Joyful?)Paragraph 3: Where is the character going? Is there a back story? (what has brought them here? Has something happened in the past?)

Top Tip! See if you can impress your reader by adding in a flashback that interests the reader.

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Success Criteria: Use of the 5 senses to build atmosphere Ambitious and interesting word choices An interesting and detailed character Use of show not tell to create atmosphereEstablished a clear tone in your writing Challenge: a range of writing features Challenge: a flashback that develops the story






Descriptive Writing TaskAround the image below, use your imagination to build ideas you could use for the opening of a descriptive story.

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Year 8 Poetic Language Features Quiz

1. What is the name of the technique where you compare two things using as or like?

2. Name this technique: ‘The trees waved in the blustery winds’

3. What is the definition of rhyme?

4. What is the name of the poetic technique that uses exaggeration?

5. ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’ is an example of which poetic technique?

6. How is sibilance different from alliteration?

7. Give three examples of words that use onomatopoeia.

8. When two ideas contrast one another, this can be called a

J__________.

9. What is the definition of the poetic technique imagery?

10. ‘He was a monster: fierce and terrifying’ is an example of which poetic technique?

11. CHALLENGE: What is a caesura in poetry?

12. CHALLENGE: What is enjambment in poetry?

Answer the quiz questions based on poetic language devices.

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Year 8 Poetic Language Features Quiz - ANSWERS 1. What is the name of the technique where you compare two things

using as or like?Simile

2. Name this technique: ‘The trees waved in the blustery winds’Personification

3. What is the definition of rhyme?When two or more words have a similar sound. E.g. cat, sat, hat.

4. What is the name of the poetic technique that uses exaggeration?Hyperbole

5. ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’ is an example of which poetic technique?

Alliteration6. How is sibilance different from alliteration?

Sibilance only repeats the ‘s’ sound: ‘the slippery snake slithered… ‘

7. Give three examples of words that use onomatopoeia.For example: hiss, buzz, crash, crunch, bark, sizzle, drip, fizz

8. When two ideas contrast one another, this can be called a J__________.

Juxtaposition9. What is the definition of the poetic technique imagery?

Imagery is anything that paints a picture in the readers’ mind and makes you imagine something.

10. ‘He was a monster: fierce and terrifying’ is an example of which poetic technique?

Metaphor CHALLENGE: What is a caesura in poetry?

11.A caesura is when there is a form of punctuation in the middle of a line, causing the reader to pause.

12. CHALLENGE: What is enjambment in poetry?Enjambment is when the word of a poem flow from one line to the next without a break.

Use the image to inspire you to create your own sonnet, analyse the image before writing your sonnet.

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Analyse the image to help you gather ideas for your sonnet.

What do you see in this image? Write a list of words describing the

physical components such as colours, shapes, objects and textures.

What is happening here and why?

Plan:

Now that you have gathered some ideas, you are ready to create your sonnet.

Remember that a sonnet consists of 14 lines which follow an alternating rhyming scheme right up until the last two lines. The last two lines are called a couplet and they should rhyme with each other. The couplet is like the end of the story where you should bring together all the ideas you have shown in the rest of the sonnet. Most regular sonnets tend to be love poems.

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Analyse the image to help you gather ideas for your sonnet.

What do you see in this image? Write a list of words describing the

physical components such as colours, shapes, objects and textures.

What is happening here and why?

Plan:

Now that you have gathered some ideas, you are ready to create your sonnet.

Remember that a sonnet consists of 14 lines which follow an alternating rhyming scheme right up until the

Use the image to inspire you to create your own sonnet, analyse the image before writing your sonnet.

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last two lines. The last two lines are called a couplet and they should rhyme with each other. The couplet is like the end of the story where you should bring together all the ideas you have shown in the rest of the sonnet. Most regular sonnets tend to be love poems.

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