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Short recall and device-identification practice.
1.
Mrs. Jones’s garden is full of __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Recall the dominant physical feature of the garden.
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Answer:
stones.
2.
The repeated opening line of each stanza is called a __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Name the poetic device based on repetition of a line.
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Answer:
refrain.
3.
The rhyme scheme of each stanza is __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Check the paired end-rhymes.
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Answer:
AABBCC.
4.
The phrase “plants them with a pin” is an example of comic __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
The action is deliberately impossible or extreme.
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Answer:
hyperbole / exaggeration.
5.
The final exchange creates situational __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Expectation and actual outcome are opposite.
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Answer:
irony.
6.
The word ‘concrete’ in the title creates a __________ because it has two relevant meanings.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Name the wordplay device.
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Answer:
pun.
7.
The speaker and Mrs. Jones have different __________ of the same garden.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Think about how each values the tiny plants.
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Answer:
way of seeing thingss / viewpoints.
8.
The plants are described as delicate and __________.
1 Mark
How to answer:
Use the exact word from stanza 2.
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Answer:
small.
