Knowledge Quiz - 'Storm on the island'

The first eight letters of the title of the poem spell 'Stormont' - but what is Stormont?

• Scottish parliament building

• Welsh parliament building

• English parliament building

• Northern Irish parliament building

'Exploding comfortably' is an example of what poetic technique?

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What is the missing word: 'it is a huge ___________ that we fear'?

What is the missing word: 'it is a huge ___________ that we fear'?

Summarise the poem in your own words

'We are prepared: we build our houses squat' - what type of word is 'We'?

• Noun

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Adverb

'Spits like a tame cat turned savage' is an example of a...?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Militaristic language

• Imagery

What are the people in the poem preparing for ?

• A war

• A storm

• First day of school

• Death

Why isn't this island a good place to farm?

• Too urban

• Weather is too harsh

• There's no one to do the work

• It's great for farming!

With what theme does the poem end with?

• loneliness and fear

• love and peace

• death and hate

• no clue