The Class Game by Mary Casey

Mary Casey, the poet, is from which class?

• Middle class

• Upper class

• Working class

Casey published 'The Class Game' in a magazine called Voices. Which poets was this aimed at?

• All poets

• Professional poets

• Young poets

• Working class poets

Who was the Prime Minister when Casey wrote her poem?

• Boris Johnson

• Margaret Thatcher

• David Cameron

• Tony Blair

The Prime Minister at the time made several decisions which affected which class?

• All classes

• Upper class

• Working class

• Middle class

Where is Mary Casey from?

• Norwich

• Liverpool

• Birmingham

• Manchester

What does 'class' mean? (In the context of the poem)

• Something that is really good

• A group of school children

• Different races

• People of the same social or economic level

What does 'corpy' mean?

• Council house

• Short for corporation

• Dead body / corpse

• A shop

Casey highlights how class is a huge part of our __________

Casey feels ___________ that society makes, often negative, assumptions about people based on their class.

What does Casey use to make the reader listen?

• Similes

• Rhetorical questions

• Direct address

• Alliteration