form 1 news break exercise

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Form 1: Poem- News Break Based on the poem of News Break by Max Fatchen, answer the following questions. 1. Where are the persona and the boy? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the boy do on seeing the mother? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. What has he offered to do for the mother? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think his clothes are without a crease? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. What happens to the school book normally? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. How differently does the boy behave? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Explain the line, “Now were you struck by lightning”. Why does the mother say this? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. Why does the mother call the boy to move closer to her? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Explain the relevance of the title to the poem. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. What is unusual about the boy’s behaviour so much so the mother calls him a lamb? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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Form 1: Poem- News BreakBased on the poem of News Break by Max Fatchen, answer the following questions.1. Where are the persona and the boy?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. What does the boy do on seeing the mother?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. What has he offered to do for the mother?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Why do you think his clothes are without a crease?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. What happens to the school book normally?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. How differently does the boy behave?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. Explain the line, Now were you struck by lightning. Why does the mother say this?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Why does the mother call the boy to move closer to her?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Explain the relevance of the title to the poem.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. What is unusual about the boys behaviour so much so the mother calls him a lamb?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________