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Children In Wartime
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Children iIn Wartime analysis
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1
What tone do the highlighted words set?
negative
frightening
calm
positive
2
What type of word is 'ricocheted'?
Adverb
Verb
Noun
Adjective
3
Why does the poet use semi colons?
Because Miss Laing said they had to
To add extra information
to connect the ideas in together
to make the reader pause
4
Why does the poet contrast these negative words with childhood imagery?
To show contrast between their life before and after the war
to help convey the speakers (child) POV
To confuse the reader
To make it sound good
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Why does the poet use personification?
to help the reader feel as though they are the speaker
express how violently/quickly war changed the speakers life
To create imagery
to help convey the child's imaginative POV
6
Why is the poem written as ONE long STANZA?
The poet didn't know how to use stanzas
To make it easy to read
to make war seem like a long event from a child's POV
To mimick the structure of a child's diary entry
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What language technique is being used here?
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
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Why does the poet use ENJAMBMENT here?
To connect ideas together
To have an effect
To keep the same number of syllables in each line
The poet ran out of room on one line
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What language device is being used here?
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
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Why has the poet used a METAPHOR to describe the broken window?
Because Miss Laing said she should
To convey the speaker (child)'s imaginative POV
To show the speaker (child)'s innocence
To show how war has destroyed a beautiful thing (life)
