Rhetoric

Question 1

When he says that the soldiers 'rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter' he is using:

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zoomorphism., emotive language., extended metaphor., a simile.

Question 2

Why might Carson have used cacophony in the line 'Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys.'?

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To express the chaos of the attack, To reflect the sound of the explosion and its after-shock

Question 3

Bonus: From which poem, by the sibilantly-named Stevie Smith, was that line taken?

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'Come On, Come Back'

Question 4

The Hawk symbolises:

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Fighter planes in war, It might just literally be a hawk, A dictator

Question 5

By alluding to something well known...

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You share in its preconceived connotations., you make yourself sound more intelligent.

Question 6

'At midnight in the moonlight she is sitting alone on a round flat stone' - who is this?

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The girl soldier Vaudevue

Question 7

How many lines in a stanza of Heroic Quatrain?

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4

Question 8

What had no been whirled into the sky?

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Leaves

Question 9

What changes throughout The Charge of the Light Brigade to show the chaos of the horses?

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The Rhythm, The stanza lengths

Question 10

That was a line from Margaret Postgate Cole's poem

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The Falling Leaves

Question 11

In the case of E E Cummings' poem, this is:

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Ironic, Sarcastic

Question 12

Bonus: Which poem?

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Belfast Confetti

Question 13

The 'patriotic tear' described in Bayonet Charge is an example of:

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Zeugma

Question 14

Flag follows an ABA pattern through 4 of its 5 verses. With what device does it close?

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End rhyme, Rhyming couplet

Question 15

When the speaker of 'next to of course god america i' quotes the National Anthem it is:

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an allusion.

Question 16

'At midnight in the moonlight she is sitting alone on a round flat stone' - devices?

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Internal rhyme

Question 17

Hawk Roosting is an

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Allegory

Question 18

'When no wind whirled them whistling to the sky' is:

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Onomatopoeia, Euphony

Question 19

The poem was written by:

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Alfred Tennyson

Question 20

Which device is evidenced in the line 'Seizing her in an icy-amorous embrace'?

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Sibilance

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