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Poetic Justice
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Task 1
Match the words or phrases on the left with the definitions on the right
absurd |
quickly |
forensics |
fairness |
grave |
ridiculous |
imply |
the resting place of a body |
justice |
declaration |
lead |
suggest |
motivated |
poems |
swiftly |
the use of science to gain evidence |
testimony |
prompted |
verses |
a clue |
Task 2
Use one of the new words in your own sentences
- lead
- forensics
- imply
- grave
- justice
- motivated
- verses
- testimony
- absurd
- swiftly
Task 3
Fill the gaps using words of phrases from Task 1
Poetic Justice
Police hunting for the killer of Paul Kelly have been following an unusual .......... Several poems, which have been put up on lampposts and in bus shelters around the Snow Hill area of Bath, detail information about the murder which happened at 2am on New Year’s Day 2007. They ......... that a small group of people know who the murderer is, and the ......... even led police to find a knife in the river Avon. The police have passed this weapon on to their ......... department. The poems also suggest that the killing was ......... by racism and that witnesses are too afraid to give evidence, perhaps prompting this unusual form of ..........
Parts of the poem read:
"The truth is there like an open ........., a defenceless man is dead and his blood's gone cold, but the story of his end is going to be told...
"You said we would be next if we breathed a word, we took in your threats that now sound ........., so we closed our eyes and took in your lies, we turned our backs."
A reward of £10,000 and a team of thirty five detectives have been made available for this case in the hope of bringing ......... to the family of Mr. Kelly as ......... as possible.
Task 4
Answer these questions
1. Name two places that the poems have been placed.
2. When did this crime occur?
3. What did the police find in the river?
4 What reason was suggested for the murder?
5. Do the writers of the poems have confidence in the police?
6. How many detectives are working on this case?
Task 5
Find three rhymes (words that sound the same) in the poem.
1.
2.
3.
Answers
Task 1
swiftly |
quickly |
justice |
fairness |
absurd |
ridiculous |
grave |
the resting place of a body |
testimony |
declaration |
imply |
suggest |
verses |
poems |
forensics |
the use of science to gain evidence |
motivated |
prompted |
lead |
a clue |
Task 3
lead |
imply |
verses |
forensics |
motivated |
testimony |
grave |
absurd |
justice |
swiftly |
Task 4
- Lampposts and bus stops.
- 2am 01/01/07
- A knife
- Racism
- No
- 35
Task 5– possible answers
- cold/told
- word/absurd
- eyes/lies
Please choose an option below:
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