Question 1 of 8
‘curved like a question’ is an example of which technique?
A) a simile
B) personification
C) onomatopoeia
D) a fact
Question 2 of 8
‘the whole grey sea is folded up inside’ the shell is best described as a:
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) question
D) instruction
Question 3 of 8
‘the sea still breathes’ gives the sea a human action. This technique is:
A) alliteration
B) simile
C) personification
D) rhyme
Question 4 of 8
What does ‘gleamed’ mean in ‘inside gleamed like the inside of a cloud’?
A) shone softly
B) smelled sweet
C) felt rough
D) grew larger
Question 5 of 8
What are ‘dunes’?
A) sea creatures
B) hills of sand near the sea
C) large waves
D) fishing nets
Question 6 of 8
In ‘the salt wind combing softly through the dunes’, ‘combing’ suggests the wind moves:
A) violently and fast
B) in sudden jumps
C) in circles
D) in long, smooth strokes
Question 7 of 8
The poem’s main theme is best described as:
A) a frightening adventure at sea
B) a funny story about a holiday
C) memory, love and the comfort of a treasured object
D) how to find shells on a beach
Question 8 of 8
‘soft, seething, hissing’-style repetition of the ‘s’ sound is called:
A) rhyme
B) sibilance
C) a metaphor
D) a simile