Workbook Solutions: Mind Pictures

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3  Mind pictures
3.1 Let loose your imagination
1–2 Learners’ own answers
3  cycle – 2; phone – 3; scatter – 3; shuffle – 3; 
steep – 4; fleet – 4; knotty – 3; gnarled – 4. 
4 Learners’ own words
3.2  Meet a modern poet who 
uses kennings
1  a scis + sors
 b bal + loon
 c din + ner
 d clut + ter
 e dig + ger 
2  a conductor – conduct
 b visitor – visit
 c instructor – instruct
 d transported – transport
 e invention – invent
3  a string of pearls
 b batch of bread
 c flock of birds
 d fleet of cars
 e pack of wolves
 f flight of stairs
 g colony of seals
 h litter of kittens.
4 Learners’ own answers
3.3  Plan and write a kenning 
poem
1–3 Learners’ own poem with kennings
3.4 What is colour?
1 a As light as a feather.
 b As tough as nails.
 c As busy as a bee.
 d As good as gold.
 e As fresh as a daisy.
 f As dry as dust.
2–3 Learners’ own answers. Look for creativity.
4 a contrasting images
 b Each line contains two similes.
  Each pair of lines is a rhyming couplet  
(it rhymes).
  Most lines have ten syllables.
 c Learners’ own couplet
3.5 Focus on poetic technique
1 light – mite, firm – worm, leap – creep,  
group – swoop, load – rode, reign – vain,  
high – fly, smart – heart
2 a  close – doze, green – seen, leapt – adept, 
yearn – turn
 b AABB CCDD
3 Learners’ own poems
3.6 Write a colour poem
1 Examples: crimson, ruby, burgundy, cerise, 
tomato
2 Learners’ own answers
3 Learners’ own answers