Starter quiz
- Match each term to its definition. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
- metaphor⇔making a direct comparison ✓
- hyperbole⇔exaggeration ✓
- imagery⇔phrases which create a vivid picture in your mind ✓
- connotations⇔ideas that are suggested by a word or phrase ✓
- Match each word to its definition. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
- chemist⇔a person who sells medicinal drugs in a shop ✓
- opium⇔an addictive drug ✓
- celestial⇔belonging or relating to heaven ✓
- manna⇔food God provided to Israelites in the wilderness ✓
- ambrosia⇔food of the Greek and Roman gods ✓
- Starting with the first, put these ideas from Thomas De Quincey's 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' in chronological order. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
- 1⇔De Quincey says he didn't take opium for pleasure.
- 2⇔De Quincey says he took opium to relieve his stomach "pain".
- 3⇔De Quincey says he first took opium after waking up in terrible pain.
- 4⇔De Quincey explains how a friend suggested he take opium.
- 5⇔De Quincey says he first got the "celestial drug" from the chemist.
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