refers to the state of being mortal (destined to die)

expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience

distraught with fear, anxiety or other emotion

Analysing tone in an unseen poem

English

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 this unit, pupils prepare for the unseen poetry in their Literature GCSE by reading poems, studying different poetry methods, and developing personal responses. They start by looking at ideas in single poems, before developing their comparative skills and writing comparisons of two unseen poems.

Unseen poetry

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Ruth Fainlight's 'Borrowed Time' considers the subject of ...

'Showing or involved in careful thinking' is the definition of being {{}}.

We might interpret the tone of Fainlight's 'Borrowed Time' as ...

'Distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion' is the definition of {{}}.

An irregular structure in a poem might suggest a tone of ...

The use of multiple dashes in a poem could indicate a tone of ...

'Expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience' is the definition of the {{}} of a text.

The use of question marks throughout a text might suggest  __________ tone.

'Refers to the state of being mortal (destined to die)' is the definition of {{}}.

The word 'desperate' means which of the following?

What tone might the following words suggest: 'borrowed', 'unstable', 'debts'?

A regular structure to a poem might suggest __________ tone.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

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