Quiz
Skimming for meaning
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Perguntas do quiz (5)
1The soldier in the poem is an old man
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
2The poem is written in the third person but from the viewpoint of the injured soldier. How does the use of the third person relate to the situation the soldier finds himself in after being injured.
- AThe use of the third person robs the soldier of the power to tell his own story. This relates to the fact that he is now dependent on others to do things of him.
- BThe use of the third person shows us that he is now incapable of speaking for himself just as he is incapable of looking after himself.
- CThe use of the third person shows us that the soldier has lost all interest in himself and now he needs someone else to tell his story for him.
3Who is to blame for what has happened to this young man? Choose all that apply.
- AHe is
- BHis friends from the football team
- CThe recruiting officers
- DHis girlfriend, Meg
- EThe Germans he was fighting against
- FGod
4Annotate this stanza to show how language and poetic devices are being used to present the soldier. This stanza is typical of the way in which Owen contrasts the soldier's life before and after his injuries.
- AAlliteration & assonance connote youth
- BSibilance and onomatopoeia = youth
- CSemi colon = decisive fact
- DSemi colon = choice
- EHeavy alliterative sound
- FLight alliterative sound
- Gpronoun & active verb = responsibility
- Hpronoun & passive verb = victim
- IAlliteration & assonance again
- JSibilance and onomatopoeia again
5The soldier is longing for death.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
Informações
- Descrição
- A 5 question quiz. The answers to which can be found by skim reading Owen's poem Disabled.
- Autor
- Sarah Holmes
- Idioma
- English
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