Prepositions, Theme, Diction, and Irony

Prepositions, Theme, Diction, and Irony

Open Ended

What is the "TONE" of these lines? And what "DICTION" creates this tone?

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

Open Ended

What is the "THEME" of "To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars"

Multiple Select

How does the narrator of Dulce et Decorum Est present war? Choose all that apply.

• Horrific

• Negative

• Courageous

• Brave

Multiple Choice

What does 'Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria mori' mean?

• It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country
• It is unfair to have to die for one's country
• It is brave to die for one's country
• It is expected to die for one's country

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?

• Wilfred Owen
• Rupert Brooke
• Owen Sheers
• Simon Armitage

Multiple Choice

Which war does the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est focus on?

• WW1
• WW2
• The Boar War
• The Crimean War

Multiple Choice

What is the clearest purpose of the poem?

• (A) to keep soldiers from enlisting in armies

• (B) to provide an non-romanticized depiction of war

• C) to protest the use of toxic chemicals in warfare

• ( (D) to illustrate the importance of community on a battlefield

• (E) to chastise government officials

Multiple Choice

Identify the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE:

We kept very quiet during the test.

• We kept very

• kept very quiet

• very quiet during

• during the test

Multiple Choice

Identify the OBJECT of the preposition:

Stephen was studying past midnight.

• was

• studying

• past

• midnight

Multiple Choice

Identify the OBJECT of the preposition:

She has snowflakes in her hair.

• She

• snowflakes

• her

• hair

Multiple Choice

Who was the first woman pilot to fly ____________ the Atlantic?

• through

• across

• beneath

• among

Multiple Choice

She walked _____________ the road and disappeared in the crowd.

• across

• through

• among

• above

Multiple Choice

We will eat breakfast at 8'o clock.

• 8'o clock

• eat

• We

• at

Multiple Choice

Lavleen looked at the storybooks. What is the preposition here?

• at

• Lavleen

• storybooks

• looked

Multiple Choice

Lavleen looked at the storybooks. What is the preposition here?

• at

• Lavleen

• storybooks

• looked

Multiple Choice

A man looked out the window to see a hail storm, thunder and lightning. He turned to his friend and said, "This is wonderful weather we're having!"

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters in the movie are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. Which type of irony is represented in this situation?

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none of the above