Imagery (Junior Cert English): Quizzes
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What literary device is used in 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks'?
What literary device is used in 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks'?
Simile
What does the simile 'like old beggars under sacks' capture about the soldiers?
What does the simile 'like old beggars under sacks' capture about the soldiers?
Their exhaustion and suffering
What does the comparison to 'old beggars' highlight about the soldiers?
What does the comparison to 'old beggars' highlight about the soldiers?
They were once young and strong
What view of soldiers does the first image challenge?
What view of soldiers does the first image challenge?
The romanticized view of them as heroic
How are soldiers presented instead of heroic and noble?
How are soldiers presented instead of heroic and noble?
Worn down and desperate
What situation is described in 'His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin'?
What situation is described in 'His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin'?
A soldier caught in a gas attack
What does the simile about 'hanging face' emphasize?
What does the simile about 'hanging face' emphasize?
The horror and agony of death
What does the comparison to a devil 'sick of sin' convey?
What does the comparison to a devil 'sick of sin' convey?
Deep suffering and corruption
What emotions does the second image powerfully evoke?
What emotions does the second image powerfully evoke?
Disgust and pity
What does the second image reinforce about war?
What does the second image reinforce about war?
It is a destructive, dehumanizing force