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What does the title Exposure link to?
The weather
The trenches
Owen's life
The people back home
What verb is missing from the quote: 'For love of God seems ____________'?
What devices are used in the opening sentence?
Personification
Violent imagery
Onomatopoeia
enjambment
Which war is it referencing?
WW2
The Cold War
WW1
Vietnam
What is an important contextual thing to remember about Wilfred Owen?
He was a poet
He had one arm
He was a soldier himself
He could sing
Which repeated line shows the idea of a loss of hope: 'But_____________'
Who does the inclusive pronoun refer to?
The soldiers
Owen and the soldiers
The soldiers and the people at home
The captains and people giving orders
Which literary techniques are demonstrated in the line: 'Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces'?
Alliteration
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Personification
What does the word 'incessantly' in stanza 2 mean?
Occasionally
Cleverly
Never ending
Aggressively
What does this line show about the attitude of people at home: 'Shutters and doors, all closed: on us the doors are closed'?
They don't want to help
They are far away
The have their own problems to deal with
There's no hope over ever going home
Why did Owen write the poem?
To show that war was glorious
To show that war was dangerous
To they were brave but bored
To show the realities of the war to home
Why did Owen personify the weather so much?
Because he could
Because it is the real enemy
Because the German's hate bad weather
To show how nice it was
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