What is the true family tradition that the speaker is following?

Pursuing passion and taking pride in hard work

What are two meanings of "living roots"? (Two answers)

The roots of the plants that mean so much to his family, The roots of his family tree

What are indications of the setting of the poem? (More than one right answer)

He looked out the window of his room to see his dad digging, Mention of "Toner's bog" and farming of potatoes

What is the speaker's struggle/conflict?

His passion is different than the family tradtition

What is the purpose of the shovel and the pen/what to they do or create?

Both are tools used by diff. characters to pursue passion

Why did he describe the pen as being in his hand "snug as a gun"

It's his "weapon" when it comes to writing: grabs attention

What does it mean when the speaker says his father "comes up 20 years away"?

The speaker starts thinking of memories from 20 years ago

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1
What is the true family tradition that the speaker is following?
Pursuing passion and taking pride in hard work
Conveying themselves through their work
Gardening and farming
Remembering family memories and putting family first
2
What are two meanings of "living roots"? (Two answers)
The roots of the plants that mean so much to his family
The roots of his thoughts and ideas
The roots of his family tree
The ingrained tradition of the family
3
What literary devices are used in the first stanza?
Metaphor and Hyperbole
Alliteration and Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification and Similie
4
What are indications of the setting of the poem? (More than one right answer)
The figures of speech that the speaker uses
He looked out the window of his room to see his dad digging
Mention of "Toner's bog" and farming of potatoes
The strong sense of family tradition
5
What is the speaker's struggle/conflict?
His dislike of gardening and farming, isolating him
His unstable relationship with his father and grandfather
He lacks inspiration for writing but his father has passion
His passion is different than the family tradtition
6
What is the literary device used in "rasping", "squelch", and "slap"
Onomatopoeia
Anaphora
Synecode
Alliteration
7
What is the purpose of the shovel and the pen/what to they do or create?
They are both valuable possessions to Heaney
Both are tools used by diff. characters to pursue passion
They display contrast between the two characters
They're metaphors for the characters' personalities
8
Why did he describe the pen as being in his hand "snug as a gun"
It's his "weapon" when it comes to writing: grabs attention
The pen is a threat to his family tradition of farming
To create imagery and show how anxious he is about writing
He wants to harm his father through the poetry he writes
9
What form/type is Digging written in?
Free Verse
Sonnet
Lyrical
Monologue
10
What does it mean when the speaker says his father "comes up 20 years away"?
His father is recalling memories from the past
The speaker is suddenly realizing how old his father is now
The speaker starts thinking of memories from 20 years ago
His father died 20 years ago and the speaker is reminiscing

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