Starter quiz
- ______ is language that is meaningful, but not literally true.
- 'figurative language' ✓
- Rhyming couplets are...
- a pair of successive lines of verse, rhyming and typically of the same length ✓
- a pair of alternating lines of verse, rhyming and typically of the same length
- lines of verse from the start and end of a poem, rhyming and a similar length
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- The word 'vulnerable' means...
- flashbacks, depression, anxiety or hallucinations
- very distressing and/or traumatising
- able to be easily physically or mentally hurt ✓
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- What is a metaphor?
- a comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'
- a direct comparison using 'was' or 'is' ✓
- giving human emotions to non-human objects
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- Who is the speaker in 'The Manhunt'?
- wife ✓
- soldier
- poet
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- The injuries the soldier has in 'The Manhunt' are both ______ and psychological.
- 'physical' ✓
Exit quiz
- If you are able to be easily physically or mentally hurt you are...
- 'vulnerable' ✓
- What kind of figurative language does Armitage use most frequently in 'The Manhunt'?
- personification
- metaphor ✓
- simile
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- Armitage’s use of __________ in 'The Manhunt' could reflect the couple’s continuous journey or rehabilitation and re-connection.
- enjambment ✓
- repetition
- figurative lanugage
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- In 'The Manhunt', what does Armitage compare the bullet to?
- porcelain
- parachute
- foetus ✓
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- Armitage compares the soldier’s PTSD to a ______ in 'The Manhunt'.
- 'land mine' ✓
- Armitage repeats the word ______ frequently throughout 'The Manhunt' to reflect the wife's patience and resilience.
- 'and' ✓
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Key learning points
- Armitage uses figurative language to illustrate the severity of the soldier’s injuries - both physical and mental.
- Armitage’s use of figurative language portrays the soldier as fragile and delicate, showing his vulnerability.
- The use of rhyming couplets arguably reflect the unified approach the couple are taking to the soldier’s recovery.
- Armitage's repetition could illustrate the constant and repeated support and care the wife demonstrates for her husband.
- Armitage’s use of enjambment could reflect the couple’s continuous journey or rehabilitation and reconnection.
Common misconception
Students think that the entire poem is in rhyming couplets.
Only the beginning of the poem is written in rhyming couplets. The couplets fade to pararhymes and then to non-rhyming couplets by the end of the poem, possibly to reflect the soldier's pain fading and the healing process.
Keywords
Harrowing - very distressing and/or traumatising
Vulnerable - able to be easily physically or mentally hurt
Ptsd - a mental illness resulting from trauma, in which the patient might experience flashbacks, depression, anxiety or hallucinations
Rhyming couplet - a pair of successive lines of verse, rhyming and typically of the same length
Enjambment - the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet
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