Tips for the Poetry Section (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Quizzes
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What does literal comprehension involve in poetry analysis?
What does literal comprehension involve in poetry analysis?
Understanding main idea & surface meaning
What does reorganisation require you to do?
What does reorganisation require you to do?
Summarise or connect ideas from parts
What is the key difference between tone and mood?
What is the key difference between tone and mood?
Tone is poet's attitude; mood is feeling
What is a ballad?
What is a ballad?
Tells a story with rhythm and rhyme
What is an elegy?
What is an elegy?
Sad poem about death or loss
What is a simile?
What is a simile?
Compares two things using 'like' or 'as'
What does personification do?
What does personification do?
Gives human qualities to objects/ideas
What does alliteration repeat?
What does alliteration repeat?
The same starting sound
What is the critical rule for identifying poetic devices?
What is the critical rule for identifying poetic devices?
Always explain how it adds meaning/emotion
What do inference questions ask about?
What do inference questions ask about?
What poem suggests beyond literal meaning