Finish that quote!
Name that Duffy poem!
'A Hanging' Trivia
Formula Expert
Name that technique!
100

I give you ...

What is an onion?

100

And who, when it comes to the crunch, can live
with a heart of gold?

What is 'Mrs Midas'?
100

The name of the author.

Who is George Orwell?

100

The formula for word choice.

What is "quote word" has connotations of ... this suggests...?

100

Cling to your knife.

What is word choice?

200

In his dark room...

What is "he is finally alone"?

200

It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

What is 'Valentine'?

200

The setting for the essay.

Where is Burma?

200

The formula for the link question.

What is "quote" this links back to ... "quote" this links forward to ...?

200

The day and ever. The day and ever.

What is repetition?

300

We were waiting outside the condemned cells, a row of sheds fronted with double bars, like ... 

What are small animal cages?

300

 A rough boy
told you how you were born.

What is 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class'?

300

The small action by the prisoner causes Orwell to have a moment of realization about the value of human life.

What is avoiding a puddle?

300

The formula for imagery.

What is the writer compares ... to .... Just as ..., so too...?

300

"a sickly light, like yellow tinfoil.."

What is imagery?

400

What gets me now is not the idiocy or greed
but ...

What is "lack of thought for me"?

400

like a child
who stood at the end of summer

What is 'The Way My Mother Speaks'?

400

The role that Orwell himself plays in the events of the essay.

What is a (collonial) police officer?

400

The formula for effective conclusion.

What is "quote" this provides an effective conclusion as it links back to ...?

400

Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.  

What is a list?

500

We all had a drink together, native and European alike, quite amicably...

What is "The dead man was a hundred yards away."?

500

Do I only think
I lost a river, culture, speech, sense of first space
and the right place?

What is 'Originally'?

500

The theme most strongly conveyed in "A Hanging".

What are the cruelties/ injustices of capital punishment?

500

The formula for sentence structure.

What is Technique ... Function ... Effect...?

500

All the organs of his body were working –bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming–all toiling away in solemn foolery.

NOT A LIST

What is irony?