A. Read the extracts and answer the following questions: (8 mark)
1. “Don’t be afraid, Mother, I am here.”.
Questions: (2 marks)
a) Why does the speaker ask his mother not to be afraid?
b) What does the speaker’s mother do to stop him?
2. “The sun in the heavens was beaming,
The breeze bore an odour of hay,
My flannels were spotless and gleaming
My heart was unclouded and gay;”
Questions: (2 marks)
a) What was the mood of the speaker?
b) Identify the alliteration in the above lines?
3. “And o’er the farms, “O chanticleer,
Your clarion blow; the day is near.”
It whispered to the fields of corn,
“Bow down, and hail the coming morn.”
Questions: (4 marks)
a) Which poem do these lines occur?
b) What is compared to the clarion blow and what is the name of the figure
of speech?
c) Who is whispering to the fields of corn?
Answers: 3
English, 22.06.2019 02:30
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?
Answers: 1
English, 22.06.2019 11:30
Which sentence contains a correctly used participial phrase? a) camping by the lakeside, the cries of geese kept me awake. b) after brushing on another stroke of fiery crimson, the canvas looked complete. c) peering through the rain spattered window, the scenery appeared lush and verdant. d) kicking the ball into the upper left hand corner of the goal, the striker scored the winning goal.
Answers: 1
A. Read the extracts and answer the following questions: (8 mark)
1. “Don’t be afraid, Mother, I am...
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