Starter quiz
- 'Casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image' is the definition of a ...
- 'reflection' ✓
- Calling someone's garden a "scab" implies which of the following?
- you admire their garden
- you find their garden unsightly ✓
- you are jealous of their garden
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- To consider the structure of an unseen poem you might ask questions about which of the following?
- the opening and closing line ✓
- the imagery in the poem
- the number of stanzas ✓
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- 'Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations' is the definition of ______.
- 'ambiguous' ✓
- Which pair of pronouns suggest connection and unity?
- "we" and "their"
- "us" and "we" ✓
- "us" and "them"
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- Ending a poem on a question implies ...
- ambiguity. ✓
- uncertainty. ✓
- certainty.
- security.
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Exit quiz
- In Dunmore's 'Next Door', we hear which of the following voices?
- the neighbour's voice
- the speaker's voice ✓
- the speaker's and the neighbour's voices
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- 'The position from which something is viewed' is the definition of ...
- 'perspective' ✓
- Dunmore structures her poem 'Next Door' in which of the following ways?
- three separate stanzas ✓
- one single stanza
- two separate stanzas
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- 'Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity' is the definition of ...
- 'merge' ✓
- 'To express a bad opinion of someone's behaviour, often because you think you are better than them' is the definition of ...
- 'judgemental' ✓
- The title of Dunmore's 'Next Door' __________ the opening line of the poem.
- is the same as
- merges into ✓
- is distinctive to
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Key learning points
- When approaching an unseen poem, you might ask questions about the voice, perspective, structure and imagery.
- In order to build on that initial response, you might use discussions in order to build on your ideas.
- Dunmore's 'Next Door' may be interpreted as the speaker being judgemental of their neighbours.
- On the other hand, it may be interpreted as an exploration of how we are all reflections of each other.
Common misconception
Analysing a text is an individual exercise.
Having discussions around a text can help us build on our ideas and reconsider different ways of interpreting the text.
Keywords
Ambiguous - open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
Reflection - casting back a light or heat, mirroring or giving back or showing an image
Merge - combine or cause to combine to form a single entity
Perspective - the position from which something is viewed
Judgemental - to express a bad opinion of someone's behaviour, often because you think you are better than them
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