1. Match the definition to the correct term. Personification Metaphor Simile A comparison between two things in which one thing is said to be the other. A comparison between two things in which they are said to be alike using the word like or as. An inanimate object or abstract concept is described as though it has a human personality or characteristics. 2. Now match the term to the quotations by circling the correct word in the second column. the china plate of a shoulder blade the blown/and broken bird s egg of a skull like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin www.teachitenglish.co.uk 2018 31374 Page 1 of 5
3. Complete the table to show how the poet uses each technique. Quotation What two things are being compared? Which aspects or qualities are being highlighted through this comparison? What effect might this have on the reader? the china plate of a shoulder blade the blown/and broken bird s egg of a skull reaching back into itself for reminders of what happened/like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin www.teachitenglish.co.uk 2018 31374 Page 2 of 5
4. Read the personification in stanza 4 carefully. a. Which human qualities or characteristics are being given to the earth? b. How does this fit in with the subject of the poem? c. What is the earth guarding? Try to suggest more than one idea. d. What does this stanza suggest about: the earth/nature the fate of the soldiers contemporary attitudes to World War One? Extension 5. Read the first column of quotations, then try to match each of them with a quotation from the second column. When you have found the matching pairs, fill in the final column explaining how they are connected. Quotation (1) Quotation (2) How are they linked? the china plate of a shoulder blade nesting machine guns the blown/and broken bird s egg of a skull a broken mosaic of bone like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin tended the earth back into itself 6. Choose any pair of quotations and use them as the basis for a few paragraphs exploring how the poet uses and develops images and ideas in Mametz Wood. www.teachitenglish.co.uk 2018 31374 Page 3 of 5
1. Match the definition to the correct term. Simile Personification Metaphor A comparison between two things in which one thing is said to be the other. A comparison between two things in which they are said to be alike using the word like or as. An inanimate object or abstract concept is described as though it has a human personality or characteristics. 2. Now match the term to the quotations by circling the correct word in the second column. the china plate of a shoulder blade the blown/and broken bird s egg of a skull like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin 3. In the first column highlight the two things being compared, then complete the second column. Quotation In what way or ways are they alike? the china plate of a shoulder blade the blown/and broken bird s egg of a skull reaching back into itself for reminders of what happened/like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin www.teachitenglish.co.uk 2018 31374 Page 4 of 5
4. Use your notes from question 3 to write some sentences about the way the poet uses imagery in the poem. Extension Comment on the effects of the imagery. For each of your sentences in question 4, add another sentence saying what the reader might think or feel as a result of the imagery. www.teachitenglish.co.uk 2018 31374 Page 5 of 5