Explain why the author uses the phrase swept its silver scales' 2 marks

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Explain why the author uses the phrase swept its
silver scales. 2 marks

• The strange creature swept its silver scales
  through the sparkling stream. As it turned, its
  eyes- like sapphires - captured the sunlight.
  Then, with one flick of its tail, it beckoned me
  to follow as it swam out toward the sea.

2
Why does the author use the word smacked to
describe the sound of the water against the boat?
2 marksHow does the author help the reader to
understand the size of the boat? 2 marksExplain
the use of the sentence, The tiny faces peered
out from this enormous vessel. 2 marks

• The water smacked the sides of the boat as it
  forced its way across the ocean. It was longer
  than several houses and twice as tall. The tiny
  faces peered out from this enormous vessel.

3
Explain the use of the words noisy and quiet.
2 marksWhy does the writer ask a question? 2
marks

• Quite frankly, I am fed up with hearing these
  noisy lorries tear through our quiet village. How
  long will it be before one of these cumbersome
  machines kills its first pedestrian?

4
How does the writer engage the reader in the
story? 5 marks

• The door banged shut. Who had closed it? Whose
  footsteps came up the stairs? She held her breath.

5
Question
Lies tumbled from his mouth.

• Why has the author used the word tumbled?
• 3 marks

6
Answer

• The author is comparing the way the person lied
• to something that happens by accident. It is as
  if
• the person cant help lying. He/she cant control
  
• what they say and is careless about it. The words
  
• come out of his/her mouth just like water falling
  
• down a waterfall.

• This answer
• recognises authors intent
• defines the word
• understands carelessness of action
• understands comparison.

7
Question
The autumn leaves helicoptered to the ground.

• Helicoptered is not a real word- why do you
• think the author used it? 2 marks

8
Answer

• The author is trying to give the reader a picture
  of how the leaves fell in a twisting motion -
  like the propellers of a helicopter.

• This answer
• understands authors intent
• understands use of comparison

9
Question
The Internet is like an information superhighway.
Online services like AOL and Compuserve provide a
gate to let you onto it.

• Why has the author described online services like
  
• a gate and the internet as a superhighway? 2
• marks

10
Answer

• The author is trying to compare technical things
  that people wouldnt know about with something
  that is more familiar to them.

• This answer
• understands authors intent
• understands the use of comparison.

11
Write an authorial technique question

• A shadowy figure stepped out from the
  freezing fog. James gasped. It was an old man. He
  wore a long, black, shabby coat and his face was
  grubby and unshaven. He made little wheezing
  noises as he exhaled his stale breath. W, w, w,
  what, what, what do you want? James forced out
  the words. His heart pounded against his ribs and
  his legs felt strangely absent from his body.

12
Write an authorial technique question

• Cautiously, Susie forced open the attic door.
  As the hinges groaned uneasily, she placed the
  candle on to the floor, pulled herself up through
  the hole and balanced precariously on a wooden
  beam. Tim soon followed.
• Be careful! whispered Susie.
• I am being careful, snapped Tim as he crept
  further into the attic. The shadows danced to the
  flickering beat of the candle as they peered into
  the dusty, dank recess. The attic looked
  untouched.

13
Write an authorial technique question

• The aged skin of her feeble hands told us of
  her past. The fatigued look in her weary eyes
  swirled. She rested her antique bones.

14
Write an authorial technique question

• The frost bit at her fingers as she struggled
  in the bitter weather. The howling hushed as a
  stranger passed by. She shuddered. It must have
  been the cold, she thought. An almost silent
  shuffling could be heard. She glanced over her
  shoulder. She saw nothing. Not a thing. Battling
  on against the adverse weather conditions, a fear
  grabbed her. What was it? She now was aware that
  something, or someone was following her. Her pace
  quickened.

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More Questions

• The head of a drawing pin is around the size of a
  
• small fingernail.
• Why does the author compare the head of a drawing
  pin to the size of a small fingernail?
• This tin is from the Victorian period before you
• were alive - probably around the time of your
• great, great grandfather.
• Why does the author say that the Victorian period
  was around the time of your great, great
  grandfather?
• Many French restaurants serve frogs legs. They
• taste much like grilled chicken.
• Why does the author compare frogs legs to
  grilled chicken?

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More Questions

• Sit down! the teacher roared at him.
• Why does the author use the word roared to
  describe the way the teacher spoke?
• He shot across the playground.
• Why does the author use the word shot to
  describe the way the boy ran across the
  playground?
• The little man slithered his way across the room.
• Why does the author use the word slithered to
  describe how the man walked across the room?