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GCSE Moon on the Tides

Question 1 of 34

1

"farmers found them" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Personification

  • Alliteration

  • Simile

  • Metaphor

Explanation

Question 2 of 34

1

"the wasted young" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Double meaning

  • Juxtaposition

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Personification

Explanation

Question 3 of 34

1

"tended the land back into itself" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Personification

  • Metaphor

  • Sibilance

  • Assonance

Explanation

Question 4 of 34

1

"A chit of bone, the china plate of a shoulder bone" and "broken bird's egg of a skull" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Metaphor & personification

  • Simile & onomatopoeia

  • Metaphor & alliteration

  • Simile & juxtaposition

Explanation

Question 5 of 34

1

"the earth stands sentinel" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Metaphor & personification

  • Simile & personification

  • Metaphor & alliteration

  • Simile & alliteration

Explanation

Question 6 of 34

1

"broken mosaic of bone" and "paused mid dance-macabre" - Mametz Wood

Select one of the following:

  • Simile

  • Personification

  • Hyperbole

  • Metaphor

Explanation

Question 7 of 34

1

"the golden mosque ... there was blood on the walls" - The Yellow Palm

Select one of the following:

  • Double meaning

  • Juxtaposition

  • Simile

  • Alliteration

Explanation

Question 8 of 34

1

"the barbarian sun" - The Yellow Palm

Select one of the following:

  • Personification

  • Lexical choice

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Rhyme

Explanation

Question 9 of 34

1

"a slow and silver caravan / on its slow and silver mile" - The Yellow Palm

Select one of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Personification

  • Lexical choice

  • Sibilance

Explanation

Question 10 of 34

1

"sweeter than salaams" - The Yellow Palm

Select one of the following:

  • Sibilance

  • Metaphor

  • Personification

  • Anthropomorphism

Explanation

Question 11 of 34

1

"It is your last check-in point in this country" is NOT a declarative statement. (At the Border, 1979)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 34

1

"The land continued under our feet, / divided by a thick iron chain." - At the Border, 1979

Select one of the following:

  • Juxtaposition

  • Metaphor

  • Chiastic structure

  • Personification

Explanation

Question 13 of 34

1

"My mother informed me: We are going home" - At the Border, 1979

Select one of the following:

  • Hyperbole

  • Caesura

  • Metaphor

  • Alliteration

Explanation

Question 14 of 34

1

"She said the roads are much cleaner / the landscape is more beautiful / and people are much kinder." - At the Border, 1979

Select one or more of the following:

  • Metaphor

  • Power of 3

  • Hyperbole

  • Imagery

Explanation

Question 15 of 34

1

"'I can inhale home,'" and "A man bent down and kissed his muddy homeland" - At the Border, 1979

Select one of the following:

  • Lexical choice

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Alliteration

  • Hyperbole

Explanation

Question 16 of 34

1

"We waited while our papers were checked, / our faces thoroughly inspected." is a PASSIVE use of language. (At the Border, 1979)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 34

1

"Left by the ebbing tide of battle" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Metaphor

  • Simile

  • Lexical Choice

  • Personification

Explanation

Question 18 of 34

1

"Seizing her" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Lexical choice

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Personification

  • Simile

Explanation

Question 19 of 34

1

"an icy-amorous embrace" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Oxymoron

  • Alliteration

  • Simile

  • Metaphor

Explanation

Question 20 of 34

1

"swiftly severing" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Lexical choice

  • Oxymoron

  • Sibilance

Explanation

Question 21 of 34

1

"Waiting, whiling away the hour / Whittling" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Sibilance

  • Alliteration

  • Metaphor

  • Caesura

Explanation

Question 22 of 34

1

"shepherd's pipe" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Oxymoron

  • Metaphor

  • Juxtaposition

  • Simile

Explanation

Question 23 of 34

1

"Sleeps on, stirs not" - 'Come On, Come Back'

Select one of the following:

  • Sibilance

  • Personification

  • Hyperbole

  • Oxymoron

Explanation

Question 24 of 34

1

'that brings a nation to its knees' - Flag

Select one of the following:

  • Metaphor

  • Simile

  • Personification

  • Onomatopoeia

Explanation

Question 25 of 34

1

'that makes the guts of men grow bold' - Flag

Select one or more of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Metaphor

  • Double meaning

  • Juxtaposition

Explanation

Question 26 of 34

1

'that will outlive the blood you bleed' - Flag

Select one or more of the following:

  • Second person

  • Simile

  • Personification

  • Alliteratioin

Explanation

Question 27 of 34

1

'What's that fluttering in a breeze?' (Flag) makes use of a verb in the PRESENT PARTICIPLE.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 34

1

What is the purpose of the repetition of the indefinite article ('a') in 'Flag'?

Select one of the following:

  • Suggests that the flag could be anywhere showing that the power of patriotism is universal.

  • Helps to create an image of the flag in the reader's mind.

Explanation

Question 29 of 34

1

'Through a distant shot of a building burning' - Out of the Blue

Select one or more of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Simile

  • Oxymoron

  • Indefinite article

Explanation

Question 30 of 34

1

Do you think you are watching, watching / a man shaking crumbs / or pegging out washing?' - Out of the Blue

Select one of the following:

  • Personification

  • Juxtaposition

  • Metaphor

  • Oxymoron

Explanation

Question 31 of 34

1

'The heat behind me is bullying, driving' - Out of the Blue

Select one of the following:

  • Repetition

  • Juxtaposition

  • Personification

  • Alliteration

Explanation

Question 32 of 34

1

'The depth is appalling. Appalling' - Out of the Blue

Select one or more of the following:

  • Repetition

  • Personification

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Caesura

Explanation

Question 33 of 34

1

'wind-milling, wheeling, spiralling, falling' - Out of the Blue

Select one or more of the following:

  • Sibilance

  • Lexical choice

  • Sentence structure

  • Repetition

Explanation

Question 34 of 34

1

'Sirens below are wailing, firing' - Out of the Blue

Select one of the following:

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Juxtaposition

  • Alliteration

  • Metaphor

Explanation

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