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- 1. Multiple Choice
What language technique is 'legs it up the road'?
Adjectives
A colloquial expression
Formal language
Personification
- 2. Multiple Choice
What language technique is 'somebody else and somebody else'?
Assonance
Simile
Repetition
Metaphor
- 3. Multiple Choice
"On another occasion" suggests..
These events happen regularly.
Soldiers have lost feelings.
Words cannot describe what he is witnessing.
killing is part of the job.
- 4. Multiple Choice
"Tosses" implies
Conflicts make people responsible.
Makes a graphic disturbing image.
Portrays a vivid image of the horror of war.
Conflict devalues human life.
- 5. Multiple Choice
"Dream, and he's torn apart by a dozen rounds" suggests..
He can't rid himself of this horrific image.
The guilt is overwhelming.
Flashback means he has trouble sleeping due to nightmares.
He's trying to think whether his actions were justified.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Identify the language technique used, ' rips through'...
Adverbial, describing the bullet going through the looters body.
Noun, describing the bullet going through the looters body.
Consonance, describing the bullet going through the looters body.
Verb, describing the bullet going through the looters body.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why does the poet repeat the words somebody else?
This is an every day occurrence.
He is not sure who was involved.
He is deeply offended.
To shift the blame from himself.
- 8. Multiple Choice
'His bloody life in my bloody hands' implies.
The soldier has dirty hands.
The soldier has accepted responsibility for the killing.
The looter is covered in blood.
The looter has lost blood.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the term 'this looter' highlight?
He does not have a personal connection with this person, he is just another criminal.
The looter is a novice.
The soldier feels powerless.
There is no solidarity in this world.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What form is used in the remains poem?
Soliloquy
Dramatic monologue
Sonnet
Free verse
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why does the poet repeat the words somebody else?
This is not the only incident its a regular occurrence.
He is deeply offended.
To shift the blame from himself.
He is not sure who is involved.
- 12. Multiple Choice
'His bloody life in my bloody hands' implies....
Soldiers are brutally massacred.
Reference to Macbeth. He is taking responsibility for his actions.
He is powerless. He cannot change anything.
People are suffering as a result of evil.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does the title of the poem 'Remains' suggest?
Residue
Left overs.
Memories remain in the soldiers head even after the incident has happened.
The blood stains remains in the street as evidence of a brutal murder.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What else does the title of the poem suggest
The recovery of dead bodies.
To stay.
To hold out.
Linger in the air.
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