Starter quiz
- Building a snowman is something you can do ...
- some of the time ✓
- all of the time
- never
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- You're generally considered a teenager when you turn ...
- sixteen.
- twenty.
- thirteen. ✓
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- 'Hopeful and confident about the future' is the definition of being ______.
- 'optimistic' ✓
- A child's relationship with their parents is likely to __________ as they grow older.
- stay the same
- change ✓
- grow distant
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- Ardent means ...
- very enthusiastic. ✓
- a lack of interest.
- slightly enthusiastic.
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- To muse means to ...
- think deeply. ✓
- feel regretful.
- think briefly.
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Exit quiz
- Which natural image appears in Laskey's 'Nobody'?
- snow ✓
- flowers
- sand
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- Which statement about the father and daughter in Robertson's 'Donegal' is the most accurate?
- The father feels as if the daughter doesn't need him anymore. ✓
- The father is trying too hard to hold onto his daughter.
- The father feels as if the daughter relies on him fully.
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- 'Lasting for only a limited period of time' is the definition of being ______.
- 'temporary' ✓
- 'Existing perpetually; everlasting' is the definition of being ______.
- 'permanent' ✓
- Which of Laskey's 'Nobody' and Robertson's 'Donegal' arguably has a more optimistic tone?
- Laskey's 'Nobody' ✓
- Robertson's 'Donegal'
- neither
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- 'The state or fact of lasting only for a short time' is the definition of ...
- 'transience' ✓
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Key learning points
- The transience of life is an idea that impacts us all.
- The idea of transience is explored across literature, including many different poems.
- Arguably, both Laskey and Robertson consider ideas of transience in their poems.
- Laskey's 'Nobody' could relate to how we need to take opportunities in life when we have the chance.
- Robertson's 'Donegal' may relate to how our relationships with others are always growing and changing.
Common misconception
That the idea of life being temporary must always be a sad notion.
The idea of life being temporary might inspire us to live life to the fullest.
Keywords
Transience - the state or fact of lasting only for a short time
To muse - to think about something carefully and thoroughly
Temporary - lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent
Optimistic - hopeful and confident about the future
Permanent - existing perpetually; everlasting
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