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The Raging River
Questions
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
alliteration
2. Which word means the same as ‘to move in a winding path’? Tick one.
slaloms
regal
spurting
crashing
5. Find and copy one word from the first stanza that means the same as ‘moving quickly’.
6. Compare the use of the words ‘leaping’ and ‘creeping’ to describe the river. What
impressions do they create?
9. What else do you think the poet could have included in the poem to show how fast the
river is moving?