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If you are not sleeping ...
This task is about understanding a poem and the language used.
Read the poem
Night Noises
by Joy Watson (
Junior Journal 4,
1998). Then answer the following questions.
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a) What are the three animals in this poem?
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b) The words "night" and "fight" rhyme. Write down two other pairs of words in the poem that rhyme with each other.
i)
rhymes with
ii)
rhymes with
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c) The words "spitting", "hissing", and "scratching" are action verbs.
c) The words "spitting", "hissing", and "scratching" are action verbs.
Write down two other action verbs that are in the poem.
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d) The words "spitting" and "scratching" start with the same sound and are placed together to make the poem sound interesting.
Write down two other sets of words from the poem which are next to each other and start with the same sound.
i)
and
ii)
and
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e) Write a title to go with this poem.