Starter quiz
- What is a narrative poem?
- a non-fiction text about a subject
- a factual recount of a real-life event
- a poem that tells a story ✓
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- 'The Highwayman' was written by ...
- William Shakespeare.
- Alfred Noyes. ✓
- Charles Dickens.
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- What does 'rural' mean?
- set in a city
- set in a village
- set in a town
- set in the countryside ✓
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- Match the figurative language types to their examples.
- metaphor⇔his hands were blocks of ice ✓
- simile⇔the sky was as black as coal ✓
- personification⇔the desperate, lonely moor ✓
- Match the poetic devices to their examples.
- alliteration⇔the horse's hooves hammered the path ✓
- repetition⇔racing - racing - racing ✓
- rhyme⇔chin, skin ✓
- 'His eyes were hollows of madness' is an example of which literary device?
- alliteration
- simile
- metaphor ✓
- rhyme
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- narrative poem⇔a poem that tells a story ✓
- build-up⇔introduces the storyline for some main characters ✓
- stanza⇔part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together ✓
- analyse⇔to study something in detail to understand its meaning ✓
- Match the stanzas with what they are about.
- Stanza One⇔the setting ✓
- Stanza Two⇔the Highwayman ✓
- Stanza Three⇔Bess ✓
- Stanza Four⇔Tim ✓
- Fill in the gap: Stanzas Three and Four of the poem form the basis of the __________ of our narrative writing.
- setting and character description
- build-up ✓
- climax
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definitions.
- ostler⇔a person employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn ✓
- inn⇔a rural pub, sometimes offering accommodation ✓
- landlord⇔a man who owned and managed a pub, inn or small hotel ✓
- dumb⇔silent ✓
- Which of these is the correct definition of 'onomatopoeia'?
- compares two things by saying that one thing is another
- compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
- when word endings sound the same
- a word that sounds like the sound it is describing ✓
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- Put the events of the narrative poem so far in the correct order.
- 1⇔The Highwayman races on horseback across the moor.
- 2⇔The Highwayman arrives at an old inn-yard.
- 3⇔He taps on the shutters and whistles a tune at the window.
- 4⇔Bess, the landlord's daughter, appears at the window.
- 5⇔Tim the jealous ostler hides in the stable and spies on Bess and the Highwayman.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Alfred Noyes uses figurative language and poetic devices to create imagery and describe events in stanza three.
- As this poem was set in the 18th century, some of the language choices may be unfamiliar.
- Understanding the meaning of all vocabulary in the poem enables us to analyse and understand each stanza fully.
Common misconception
Pupils may mix up different poetic devices.
The tasks in learning cycles one and two explicitly model how each poetic device is used in each stanza.
Keywords
Narrative poem - a poem that tells a story
Build-up - introduces the storyline for some main characters and begins to set up a problem or situation that will build in tension
Stanza - a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together
Analyse - to study something in detail to understand its meaning
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