English - First year christmas Exam

Blackberry Picking by ___

Seamus Heaney

BP Quote 1

At first, just one, a glossy purple clot

Among others, red, green, hard as a knot

BP quote 2

You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet

Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it

BP quote three

Then red ones inked up and that hunger

Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam pots

Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached out boot

BP quote four

Once off the bush

The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour

I always felt like crying. It was fair

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by _____

Robert Frost

SBW quote 1

The woods are lovely dark and deep

SBW quote 2

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake

SBW quote 3

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep

And miles to go before I sleep

SBW quote 4

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year

Onomatopoeia [important]

A word that sounds like the noise it makes

Alliteration

When two or more words close together start with the same sound

Assonance

Repeating the same vowel sound in nearby words

Enjambment

A line of poetry that runs into the next line without a pause - run on lines

Simile [important]

Comparing two things using like or as

Rhyme [important]

When the ends of words sound the same

Hyperbole

An exaggeration used for effect

Sensuous imagery [important]

Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

Personification [important]

Giving human qualities to an object or an animal

Metaphor

Saying something is something else to create a strong comparison.

PQE

Point, quote, explain