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"piled on the hulls of Grants, in trucks, in convoys" - what technique is used in this line?

Imagery

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"All day, day after day, they're bringing them home" - what technique is used in this line?

Repetition

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What technique is this - "You're dead, dead, dead"?

Repetition

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What technique is this? "the coasts swing upwards, the old ridiculous curvatures of earth, the knuckled hills"

Imagery

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In 'Homecoming', what is the technique called when the same word is repeated at the start of consecutive lines?

Anaphora

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Provide a definition of 'personification'.

The attribution of human characteristics to something inhuman.

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Which war are these poems about?

The Vietnam War.

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What technique is used in the line "tripes are round your neck"?

Imagery

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Provide a definition for emotive language.

Emotive language is the term used to describe when certain words are used to evoke an emotional response.

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What technique is this? "They're bringing them home, too late, too early"?

Paradox

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What does the "sterile housing" represent?

The dead soldiers coffins.

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What is the significance of the title 'Homecoming'. What technique is it?

The title is ironic as a homecoming is usually a joyous celebration, instead this homecoming brings grief.

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What connotations do we associate with the word 'home'?

Safety, belonging, family, comfort.

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Fill in the missing word: "blue curve of the Pacific with ________ quick fingers"

Sorrowful

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Name the technique in the line: "because of your position your chance of turning the key in the ignition"

Euphemism

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Identify the mistakes in the sentence: bruce dawe's poem homecoming is about war.

Bruce Dawe's poem 'Homecoming' is about war.

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