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English SST revision questions - Aunt Julia - Coggle Diagram
English SST revision questions
- Aunt Julia
1.
Which of these techniques does MacCaig NOT use in this poem?
a) A regular rhyme scheme
b)Free verse
c) Repetition
3.
MacCaig remembers his aunt using the spinning wheel. What fabric is associated with Harris?
a) Tweed
b) Jute
c) Cotton
6.
In Stanza 4, Julia is compared to elements like the wind and the rain. What does this convey about her character?
a) That she enjoyed the outdoors and rural lifestyle
b) That she wanted to move to a warmer climate
c) That she often became angry when the weather prevented her from working
2.
Why did MacCaig find it difficult to communicate with Julia?
a) Because she was deaf
b) Because he didn’t understand Gaelic
c) Because she couldn’t read
5.
Which technique is used in the line She was buckets/and water flouncing into them?
a) Alliteration
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
4.
In Stanza 3, the poet recalls lying in bed at his aunt’s house. Which of these words best describes how he felt?
a) Afraid
b) Lonely
c) Safe and secure
7.
What had happened to Aunt Julia by the time MacCaig learned a little Gaelic?
a) She has learned to speak English
b) She had moved to the mainland
c) She had died
9.
Even after her death, the poet imagines his Aunt still getting angry. What could be the cause of her frustration?
a) That she is still annoyed that the language barrier never allowed her to communicate fully with some of her family
b) That she is bitter because she never married
c) That she had a long running feud which was never resolved
8.
By the time I had learned a little, she lay silenced Which technique is employed in these three lines?
a) Repetition
b) Enjambment
c) Caesura