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Understanding the poem 'Homing'

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English AQA

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  • Q1
    Of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business is known as...
    industrial
    rural
    military
    30s
  • Q2
    A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group is the...
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  • Q3
    In the first stanza of Berry's 'Homing', elocution is presented as being perceived as ______ to regional accents.
    subordinate
    inferior
    superior
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  • Q4
    In Berry's 'Homing', the speaker says they want to "swallow" their relative's voice. What might the implication of this be?
    They consider their relative's voice irrelevant.
    They consider their relative's voice nourishing.
    They consider their relative's voice precious.
    30s
  • Q5
    In Berry's 'Homing', the speaker wants to "forge" or recreate their relative's accent. Which two things might this imply?
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  • Q6
    In Berry's 'Homing', the image of the ______ at the end of the poem could have been intended to suggest a connection between voice, place and identity.
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