Power and Conflict 1

Tissue: What links can be made between humans and paper?

• Our lives are like paper.

• They can both be marked.

• Both paper and humans are made up of tissue.

• They can both be destroyed.

Tissue: What technique is used when the speaker says that receipts "might fly our lives like paper kites" (line 24)?

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tissue: In terms of poem structure, what is notable about the final stanza which solely consists of the one line "turned into your skin."?

• It ends with a full stop, which brings a clear conclusion to the poem

• The first word isn't capitalised

• It is written in second person, inviting the reader to understand the themes

• It is the only stanza which isn't made up of four lines

Tissue: 'light' connotes religious?....

• Ceremonies

• Sacraments

• Rituals

• Power

Tissue: The 'light' symbolises?...

• animal

• nature

• people

• wind

Storm on the Island: What are the people in the poem preparing for ?

• A war

• A storm

• First day of school

• Death

Storm on the Island: What does the use of the collective pronouns imply?

• That they are part of a community and share the same thoughts

• That they think alone

• That there's 2 people talking

• I have no clue

Storm on the Island: What tone do all the adjectives and onomatopoeia used?

• aggressive and harsh

• happy

• informal

• religious

Storm on the Island: What technique is used in the line ' We are bombarded by the empty air'

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• sibilance

• oxymoron

Storm on the Island: "its a huge ..... that we fear"

• Spider

• Nothing

• Clown

• Darkness