Using a motif in your writing

English

In 'Writing with passion', students use protest poetry and speeches as inspiration for their own protest writing. In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', students look in depth at the writing of a poet who is synonymous with writing as protest; in particular at the ways in which she used her poetry to voice support for the Civil Rights Movement. 

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', students consider how writers have modernised ancient stories in order to make them more reflective of modern values. In 'Writing with passion', students look at the ways in which they can use their own writing, inspired by key poets and speech writers, to take a political or moral stand.

Taking a stand

Match the words on the left with the synonyms on the right

a recurring pattern of sounds to unity a text

a recurring image or idea throughout a text

an elaborate comparison between two things

Which of the following is the best definition of a motif?

taking words in thier usual or most basic sense

using a figure of speech that says someting is another thing

when human characteristics are given to non human things 

examining similarities and differences between two or more things

Match the techniques on the left with their definitions on the right.

Which sentence below is an example of a metaphor? 

If I say that the car quarrelled with me, what literary device am I using?

If you wanted to use the motif of darkness, which of the following would you not use?

giving human characteristics to a non human object

Which of the following is the best definition of personification?

a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear close by

a figure of speech where one thing is said to be another thing

the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

Which of the following is the best definition of a metaphor?

If we use a word literally, how do we use it?

analysing figurative language to infer its hidden meaning

identifying similarities and differences between two or more things

When we make comparisons, what are we doing?

Which famous playwright wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'? 

In the following speech, Romeo says, "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." What is the motif that Shakespeare is using?


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