Imagery (Junior Cert English): Quizzes
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What is the main purpose of Sassoon's imagery in 'Base Details'?
What is the main purpose of Sassoon's imagery in 'Base Details'?
To show contrast: officers' comfort vs soldiers' suffering
What type of verbs are 'guzzling' and 'gulping'?
What type of verbs are 'guzzling' and 'gulping'?
Animalistic verbs
What do 'guzzling' and 'gulping' suggest about the officers' behaviour?
What do 'guzzling' and 'gulping' suggest about the officers' behaviour?
Mindless, gluttonous consumption
The colour 'scarlet' in 'Scarlet majors' works on how many levels?
The colour 'scarlet' in 'Scarlet majors' works on how many levels?
Multiple levels simultaneously
Most significantly, what does 'scarlet' connect to in the poem?
Most significantly, what does 'scarlet' connect to in the poem?
Blood and guilt
What does 'Reading the Roll of Honour' imagery reveal about the officers?
What does 'Reading the Roll of Honour' imagery reveal about the officers?
Chilling emotional detachment
What was the Roll of Honour?
What was the Roll of Honour?
Official document listing killed soldiers
What does 'stone' in 'youth stone dead' suggest about death?
What does 'stone' in 'youth stone dead' suggest about death?
Permanent, cold, and unforgiving
What creates the jarring effect in 'the war is done and youth stone dead'?
What creates the jarring effect in 'the war is done and youth stone dead'?
Contrast: neutral phrase vs brutal phrase
What does the word 'toddle' make the officer seem?
What does the word 'toddle' make the officer seem?
Pathetic and absurd
What is the final ironic contrast in the poem?
What is the final ironic contrast in the poem?
Young men die violently; officer dies peacefully in bed
How does Sassoon's imagery technique work more effectively than simple statements?
How does Sassoon's imagery technique work more effectively than simple statements?
It makes readers see and feel the awfulness