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The Jabberwocky

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    Poetry
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  • Who is the author of the poem?
    Lewis Carroll
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  • From what poem does the poem come from?
    Through The Looking Glass
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  • What do you call a word that blends two words together
    a portemanteau word
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  • What is the name of the girl who chops off the Jabberwocky’s head on the actual novel?
    Alice
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  • What time is it in the poem ?
    4PM
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  • Find a literary device : did gyre and gimble in the wabe
    alliteration
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  • Find a literary device : the Jabberwock with eyes of flame
    metaphor
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  • Find a literary device: the vocal blade went snicker - snack
    alliteration/sibilance
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  • What century was th poem written in?
    19th century
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  • What was the actual line in the poem: and have you slain the Jabberwock?
    And hast thou
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  • Give me a synonym for to kill
    slain
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  • What is the literary device of the repetition of B: my beamish boy
    plosive sounds
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  • What weapon was used to kill the creature?
    Sword
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  • What was the boy holding in his hand when he ran back to his father?
    The Jabberwocky’s head
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  • What word is used instead of furious
    frumious
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