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Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” Answers

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Which statement best explains the effect of the word clean in this passage?

A
It shows that the speaker does not like farming because he dislikes getting dirty.
B
It draws attention to the differences between the speaker and his father.
C
It suggests that the speaker finds the sound of digging to be pleasant and wholesome.
D
It emphasizes that the speaker has many chores to do around the farm.
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that the father feels very comfortable diggingthat the shovel moves like a bird in flightthat the work of farming is difficult and dull

A
that the father feels very comfortable digging
B
that the shovel moves like a bird in flight
C
that the work of farming is difficult and dull
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anger and fearfreedom and independencecomfort and warmth

A
anger and fear
B
freedom and independence
C
comfort and warmth
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Which words in the passage are linked by assonance?

A
boot, buried, and bright
B
rooted, tops, and potatoes
C
nestled, knee, and new
D
boot, rooted, and cool
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Which statement best describes the effects of assonance in the passage?

A
The assonance connects the work of digging to the pleasure of holding the potatoes.
B
The assonance makes the poem sound choppy and disjointed.
C
The assonance draws attention to the speaker’s dislike of the countryside.
D
The assonance creates a link between the speaker’s writing and his father’s farming.
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Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.“My father, digging. I look down”“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

A
“My father, digging. I look down”
B
“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”
C
“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”
D
“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”
E
“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”
F
“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”
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Which statement best explains the effect of the word clean in this passage?

A
It shows that the speaker does not like farming because he dislikes getting dirty.
B
It draws attention to the differences between the speaker and his father.
C
It suggests that the speaker finds the sound of digging to be pleasant and wholesome.
D
It emphasizes that the speaker has many chores to do around the farm.
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What ideas are typically associated with the word nestled?[___]

A
anger and fear
B
freedom and independence
C
comfort and warmth
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Which words in the passage are linked by assonance?

A
boot, buried, and bright
B
rooted, tops, and potatoes
C
nestled, knee, and new
D
boot, rooted, and cool
10

Which statement best describes the effects of assonance in the passage?

A
The assonance connects the work of digging to the pleasure of holding the potatoes.
B
The assonance makes the poem sound choppy and disjointed.
C
The assonance draws attention to the speaker’s dislike of the countryside.
D
The assonance creates a link between the speaker’s writing and his father’s farming.
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Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.“My father, digging. I look down”“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

A
“My father, digging. I look down”
B
“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”
C
“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”
D
“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”
E
“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”
F
“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”
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Based on the word’s connotations, what does the speaker’s use of the word nestled suggest?[___]

A
that the father feels very comfortable digging
B
that the shovel moves like a bird in flight
C
that the work of farming is difficult and dull

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