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Hots Questions - The Charge of The Light Brigade

The document contains 10 questions about the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It asks questions about ways to protect a country, feelings about war, showing appreciation for soldiers, how soldiers might feel going to war, moral values learned from the poem, whether wars are worth fighting, alternative to war, following orders without questioning, the setting of the poem, and what the Valley of Death symbolizes. It provides excerpted lines from the poem to help answer some of the questions.

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Hots Questions - The Charge of The Light Brigade

The document contains 10 questions about the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It asks questions about ways to protect a country, feelings about war, showing appreciation for soldiers, how soldiers might feel going to war, moral values learned from the poem, whether wars are worth fighting, alternative to war, following orders without questioning, the setting of the poem, and what the Valley of Death symbolizes. It provides excerpted lines from the poem to help answer some of the questions.

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HOTs QUESTIONS – THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

1. Suggest two ways to protect your country?

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2. How do you feel about war? Provide a reason to support your response.
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3. Many soldiers fought for our country’s independence. Suggest two ways we can show our
appreciation to these soldiers?
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4. How do you think soldiers feel when they go to war? Give a reason for your answer?
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5. Name one moral value you have learnt from this poem and how can it be applied in your
life?
Moral Value: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
How to apply: __________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Are wars worth fighting for? Give a suitable reason for your answer.
Response: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Reason: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Is there a better way than going to war? Suggest a reason.


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8. Do you think following orders without questioning is a good thing? Give a reson for your
answer.
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9. Where is the setting of the poem?

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2. Which line in the poem tells us that the soldiers obeyed the order without question?
"theirs not to reason why"

3. Why do you think the line "Rode the six hundred" is repeated many times in the poems?

To emphasise that the 600 soldiers sacrificed their life on that day in the battlefield

4. Give one quality that you admire about the soldiers. Give a reason for your response.

Loyal as they follow orders.

5. What do you think is the outcome of the battle? Support your response with evidence from
the poem.

Many soldiers die. The phrase into the jaw of death shows that many of them will die in the
battle.

6. In stanza 1, who is speaking to the soldiers?

The leader/captain/the commander.

7. Why do you think the persona asked whether there was " a man dismayed"?

Some of the soldiers are not courageous and have weak heart/ will/spirit.

8. There are many jobs today that require people to be brave. Give another example of a job
that requires bravery. Provide reason for your answer.

Policeman. They need to fight for justice.

9. What is the Light Brigade?

A division in the army./A cavalry.

10. What does the Valley of Death symbolises?

A battlefield/a place where battle/ war takes palace/ a place where army fight enemies/ a
place where armies fight enemies and many of them die.

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