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'The Tummy Beast' Quiz

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  • What does the mum accuse the boy of?
    being a greedy liar
  • Is the person in the boy's tummy real or not real?
    real
  • "A snorting, grumbling, grunting sound" - Poetic technique?
    Assonance
  • What is the voice of the mother in 'The Tummy Beast'?
    Angry
  • According to the tummy beast, what is it not a sin to do?
    to steal from the biscuit tin
  • "I want lots of chocs and sweets" - poetic technique?
    Sibilance
  • What happens to the mum at the end of the poem?
    She faints / collapses
  • What does the mother tell her son to do just before the tummy beast arrives?
    to go to bed
  • "look snappy or I'll twist your guts" - poetic technique?
    sibilance / assonance
  • What does the tummy beast say it wants to eat?
    chocs and sweets and nuts
  • What does the tummy beast "demand"?
    "sugar buns for tea"
  • What is the voice of the boy in 'The Tummy Beast'?
    Frustrated
  • Are there any similes in 'The Tummy Beast'?
    No
  • What is the rhyme scheme of 'The Tummy Beast' by Roald Dahl?
    AABB
  • "to guzzle food the whole day long" - poetic technique?
    assonance
  • What is 'the person in my tummy' a metaphor for?
    Hunger
  • "grumbling grunting / For she has fainted on the floor" - poetic technique?
    Alliteration or assonance
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