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‘Valentine’Set Text Question PractiseThe questions that follow ask you to draw on your knowledge of content, structure, tone, emotions, language and techniques. The questions are worth 12 marks in total and the questions appear in chronological order.Valentine Not a red rose or a satin heart.I give you an onion.It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.It promises lightlike the careful undressing of love.Here. It will blind you with tears like a lover.It will make your reflectiona wobbling photo of grief.I am trying to be truthful.Not a cute card or a kissogram.I give you an onion.Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,possessive and faithfulas we are,for as long as we are.Take it.Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring,if you like.Lethal.Its scent will cling to your fingers,cling to your knife.Questions on ‘Valentine’1. In lines 1, 11 and 12, the poet asserts that she wishes to reject traditional gifts of love. With reference to the poem’s structure, explain how this attitude is emphasised. 2Choose 1 of the following and complete it:Word order: The word ‘Not’ is repeated and it is placed at the start of lines 1 and 12 because _________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Images: The poet mentions the specific examples of the traditional gifts (‘Not a red rose or a satin heart’, ‘Not a cute card or a kissogram’) because she feels that these gifts are __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure: These lines stand alone from the other stanzas because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure: There a direct statement of intention on line 11, ‘I am trying to be truthful’ and the effect of this is ____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. The speaker gives his/her beloved an onion. Explain the contrasting images from lines 2–10 that show the suitability of this gift. 4Choose 2 of the following and complete them:Imagery: It is unusual to give a lover an onion because ________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________Imagery: The onion is described as ‘a moon wrapped in brown paper’ which ‘promises light’. This suggests __________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Imagery: An onion can ‘blind you with tears’ and make your ‘reflection a wobbling photo of grief’. This is linked to the negativity in a relationship because ________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________Figures of speech: The poet uses as extended metaphor of the gift of an onion to represent something more. It stands for _______ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________3. Duffy’s realistic approach to modern relationships is explored further in lines 13–17. Show how one example of language demonstrates this.3Choose 1 of the following and complete it:Structure: Duffy repeats the statement ‘I give you an onion’ in line 13 because ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ideas and attitude: Duffy uses word choice to show her view of the nature of relationships. The word ‘fierce’ suggests __________ _____________________________________________________ ‘possessive’ makes me think of ____________________________ _____________________________________________________ and ‘faithful’ suggests ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________Ideas and attitude: The phrase ‘for as long as we are’ show that the speaker is realistic about the outcome of a relationship because ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. In the final stanza, Duffy makes her thoughts clear on the possible outcomes of a relationship: ‘Lethal.Its scent will cling to your fingers,cling to your knife’.With reference to one example of language, identify her tone and possible emotions.3Choose 1 of the following and complete it:Imagery: Just as an onion can be cut with a knife and leave the smell of its juice on your fingers, Duffy thinks that a relationship can _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Tone/emotion: Words which show how the speaker feels about a relationship coming to an end are _________________________ ____________________________________________________ this is because ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure: Certain words/phrases such as ___________________ _____________________________________________________are isolated here and this makes the speaker feel _____________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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