60-minutes of Literature WMS the photo.

Malacca a)
1. How old was the persona when the b)
photograph was taken?
11. What do you think the writer is
2. Which line in the poem tells us the referring
grandmother has become forgetful? to in the phrase the awful place
grandmothers go?
3. Give one moral value one can learn
from
the poem. 12. Why do you think the writers
small
4. List down 3 themes of the poem? grandmother is tall in the photo?

5. Give 4 moral values that are found

in the 13. In the first stanza, what does the
poem. word
there refer to?
6. How do you think of the persona
feels 14. Which line tells you that the writer
towards her grandmother? Support and
your her grandmother come from
answer with evidence from the different
poem. ethnic background?

7. A picture speaks a thousand

words is a 15. How old was the writer when the
common proverb. How would you photo
relate was taken?
this to the poem The Living
Photograph? 16. Why do you think the writer says
that her
8. Sometimes an elderly member of grandmother is tall in the photo but
the later
family is sent to a nursing home. became small
Do you
agree with this practice? Provide 17. Quote evidence from line 14 to line
your 16 that
reason. the photograph was taken a long
time ago.
9. If you were to take care of your
grandmother for a day, what would 18. Explain the meaning of the word
you do crinkled.
to make her experience an
unforgettable
one? 19 . How do these lines make you feel
about
photographs of people you love?
10. List two items grandmother
wears in
20 Where does the word ' there' refer to
in the poem?
21 Which line indicates that the two
people belonged to two different
races?
22 Why has the grandmother become
small?
23 How does the persona look upon
death? Give evidence from the poem
to justify your answer.
Evidence
1:____________________________
Evidence
2:____________________________
24From stanza 1, what impression do we
get of the
poet's grandmother from the
following?
(a) straight-back:
(b) her big hand holds mine
25 From stanza 2, what happened to the
grandmother before she died?
26 The poem is titled 'The Living
Photograph'.
Suggest two reasons why the poet
has chosen this title.
Reason
1:__________________________
Reason
2:__________________________
27 From stanza 1, which line suggests
that the
grandmother had a determined
look?
28 Which words in the poem refer
most
directly to death?
29'But there she is still' What does
there refer
to?
30 Grandmothers are greatly loved by
their
grandchildren. Suggest two
reasons why the
poet loved her grandmother.
Reason 1:______________________
Reason 2:______________________
31 In stanza 1, which words tell us
that the
narrator was an adopted child?
32 From stanza 2, which word tells us
that the
grandmother's body was bent?
33 Why do you think her soup forgot
to boil?
34 State two physical attributes of
the
grandmother in the photograph.
35 How has the straight back of the
grandmother changed in stanza
2?
36 How old was the persona in the
picture?
37 How does the persona look upon
inter-racial
relationships? Give a reason to
support your
answer
Inter-racial relationship:
______________________________
Reason:
_____________________________
38 Which word in the poem denotes
the same
meaning as the word
'unimaginable'?
39 Describe the contrast between the 51 Which line tells us that the persona
1st and her
stanza and the 2nd stanza. grandmother are of different
race?
40 Give one moral value one can learn
from the 52 What do you think was the age gap
poem. between
the persona and her grandmother
41 In stanza 1, which words mean in the
'open photo?
embroidery on white linen'? Provide a reason for your answer.

42Describe the grandmother's skirt

and shoes. 53 In stanza 2, which word means 'to
have a
43Why do you think the grandmother bent back'?
forgot to
boil the soup? 54 How old was the persona when the
photograph was taken?
44Where do you think the persona
was when 55 What happened to the soup and
the grandmother passed away? where do
Provide a reason for your answer. you think it was?

45What do the 'sharp blue eyes' tell us 56'she went to the awful place
about grandmothers
the grandmother's race? go...'
Do you think the persona
46 According to the persona, where understand about
has the death? Provide a reason for
grandmother gone? answer,

47 Do you think the grandmother can

be 57 In stanza 3, what does the smile
described as brave? tells us
about the face?
my tall grandmother became
small 58 What is the main theme of the
48 What has happened to the poem?
grandmother's
height and how does she look 59 Which phrase tells us the
then? grandmother's
race is different from that of the
49 In stanza 3, which word means persona?
'creased'?

50When do you think the grandmother 'But there she is still'

can be 60 How do you think the persona feels
described as 'tall there ? when
 she looks at the photograph? reason for your answer.
Provide a