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Annotating Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom
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A quiz in which learners annotate the poem to focus on the language features and use of religious imagery in the poem.
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gcse english
poetry revision
electricity comes to cocoa bottom
edexcel level 1 / 2 english language
gcse
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Sarah Holmes
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Question 1
Question
Annotate the opening of Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom to show how language is being used to create setting and atmosphere.
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Answer
3rd person generic = major event
Start of religious imagery
Represents the old ways
Alliteration helps build anticipation
Transitional time = symbolic
Colours relate to light
Verb suggests caution
Links to verb choice
Old way of life
Question 2
Question
Annotate the next part of the poem to show how Douglas is using personification and onomatopoeia.
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Answer
Personification builds tension
Onomatopoeia builds tension
Onomatopoeic name
Name personifies birds
Personified as worshippers
Onomatopoeia reflects worship
Personification builds tension
Onomatopoeia builds tension
Personified as a welcoming comittee
Onomatopoeic
Onomatopoeic sibilance
Sibilance used to personify
Personified as a disciple
Onomatopoeic gathering
Onomatopoeic sibilance again
Sibilance to personify again
Repetition and sibilance = onomatopoeic
Repetition & sibilance = personification
Question 3
Question
Drag and drop the correct annotations to show how Douglas develops the religious imagery in her presentation of the switch on.
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Answer
In a glory like a saint
Christ on the mount
Verbs like swooning in church
Verbs reflect prayer
Exclamatory like a prophet
Exclamatory like a priest
Personified as worshippers
Personified as nuns
Alliteration = hushed reverence
Alliteration = religious fevour
Like a new kind of bible
Like a new kind of folk tale
Question 4
Question
Annotate the final lines of the poem to show how Douglas makes use of anti-climax.
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Answer
Connotes speed of loss of interest
Back to the old ways
Literal and metaphorical darkness
Finality in this statement
Modernity is fleeting
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