The Emigree - Carol Rumens

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Why might we infer that the speak in "The Emigree" is female?
The title is in its female form
1 of 10
Finish the quote (opening line): "There once was a country… I left it ______
as a child"
2 of 10
Fill in the gap: "The worst news I receive of it cannot break my original view, the ______, filled paperweight"
bright
3 of 10
Finish the quote: "It may be at war, it may be sick with ...
tyrants"
4 of 10
Fill in the gap: "I am _______ by an impression of sunlight"
branded
5 of 10
"like a hollow doll" is an example of what language device?
Simile
6 of 10
Fill in the gap: "I have no ________, there’s no way back at all"
passport
7 of 10
Finish the quote: "They accuse me of being dark in their _________
free city"
8 of 10
Fill in the gap (final line): "They mutter ________, and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight"
death
9 of 10
What word is repeated throughout the poem?
"sunlight"
10 of 10

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Card 2

Front

Finish the quote (opening line): "There once was a country… I left it ______

Back

as a child"

Card 3

Front

Fill in the gap: "The worst news I receive of it cannot break my original view, the ______, filled paperweight"

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Finish the quote: "It may be at war, it may be sick with ...

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Fill in the gap: "I am _______ by an impression of sunlight"

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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