an honorary position given by the monarch; the poet is tasked with writing poems about state occasions

a situation where people are forced to leave the place they normally live

the ideas and feelings a word evokes in addition to its literal meaning

a version of a metaphor that is developed throughout a piece of writing

a word that is spelled and sounds the same as another but has a different meaning (e.g. bat)

Understanding the Poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

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In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry' continued, pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of power and conflict. In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons, focusing on the final three poems: *Checking Out Me History*, *The Emigree* and *Tissue*

Poetry anthology: continued study

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

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In which country was Imtiaz Dharker born?

What was the name of the role that Dharker refused to accept in 2019?

Which word beginning with 'd' meaning where people are forced to leave the place they normally live, is a major theme of Dharker's work?

Throughout the poem 'Tissue', Dharker makes a developed comparison between the 'tissue' of paper and human life. What is the name of this device?

In the opening two stanzas of 'Tissue' what examples does Dharker give to highlight how paper can be important?

Which of the below are reasonable connotations of the word 'tissue'?

Imtiaz Dharker published the poem 'Tissue' in her 2006 collection 'The Terrorist at My Table'. As such it is a __________ poem

If a metaphor is revisited several times by a writer throughout a piece of work, we would describe it as __________ metaphor.

If a poem's stanzas have four lines then these are known as...

The word tissue can have two meanings. It can refer to paper but also the tissue of the human body. As such, this word is a ...

Imitiaz Dharker was born in Pakistan but moved to Glasgow in the UK as a young child. Knowing this piece of contextual information, what might be some reasonable themes to see in Dharker's work?

What is being described here: 'a feeling or idea suggested by word beyond its primary meaning'?

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