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I need help answering the following questions about The Storm by Chris Priestley:
1. What happens to the boy as soon as he unlatches the door?
2. What is the first thing the boy is aware of when he opens the door?
3. Describe two ways in which the stranger entry is made particularly dramatic?
4. What does the stranger´s hand feel like to touch? How does the writer make this seem particularly unpleasant?
Are these question taken from a book you are familiar with? Which book?
The Storm
by Chris Priestley
Extract 3
The boy opens the door to let the stranger in.
When I lifted the latch, it was all I could do to prevent myself being pinned to the wall by the violence of the opening door, and the roar of the storm and the sea crashing at the cliffs was such an assault on my senses that it took me a while to fully register the figure standing in the doorway, a flash of lightening throwing him into inky silhouette and almost seeming to shine through him in its intensity...
"Jonah Thackeray doesn´t forget a good turn. Pleased to meet you."
"Ethan Matthews," I said, taking the hand he offered, and finding it as cold and wet as a fishmongers. He was comprehensively soaked, water dripping from him as readily as though he had just climbed from the sea.
"Come in," I said. "You´ll catch your death out there."
"I thank you kindly," he said, stepping over the threshold, and I put my shoulder to the door and, after a struggle on the stone flags, managed to get it closed and bolted against the storm..
When I turned to face the stranger, I was surprised to discover that he could not have been much older that I was - 17 or 18 at most. He was dressed in the uniform of midshipman (though hatless and in a somewhat old-fashioned style), with a topcoat with brass buttons, and a white waistcoat and whit shirt beneath, A sword hung from his hip.
1. What happens to the boy as soon as he unlatches the door?
He couldn´t move due to the violent weather condition.
2. What is the first thing the boy is aware of when he opens the door?
He saw a figure in the door way.
3. Describe two ways in which the stranger entry is made particularly dramatic?
First, Foreshadowing as the writer use the weather to foreshadow that this stranger might be evil
Second, the use of pathetic fallacy adds to the dramatic entry of the stranger.
4. What does the stranger´s hand feel like to touch? How does the writer make this seem particularly unpleasant?
It feels cold, wet.
He compares his hands to a fishmonger´s hands.
5. Whose point of view is the story told from? How do you know?
It is a first person narrative where Ethan Matthews narrates the story.
We see what he sees and hear what he hears.
6. Is the story set in the past or present? How do you know?
It is set in the past.
The use of old words that are no longer used like "fishmonger" instead of fisherman.
The writer describe a "sword hung from his hip" which was common in the past.
Since his
earlychildhood, it has been Amin’sdream to become
a veterinarian. He’se always admired people who help animals in need. He thinks it is one of the
noblest jobs in the world.
A veterinarian must have compassion for both animals and people, enjoy working with people
andpossess strong communication skills because every animal comes with a human. But compassion and love
foranimals are not enough to make veterinary medicine a good career choice.
He also must be
a good student and have strong science and math
skills. Veterinarians must be willing to
advise clients on
decisions that will have
significant financial and emotional impact.
Hehas always had pets, and maybe that’s why he became so
attached to animals. As a vet, he has
to be prepared for any situation, because he
can’t
know what case can arise
next. Veterinarians must handle
failure, loss, grieving and
angry clients, and sometimes
animals that have
beenneglected. He has to
be psychically prepared for these kinds of situations.
Although it’s a difficult job, it’s a beautiful one. It’s not a job that veterinariansdo
only for
money, they
do it because they
enjoy saving animals. If they don’t have compassion
for them,
there’s no
use in becoming veterinarians.
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IF CLAUSE Multiple Choice Test
This is a multiple choice test to test intermediate students� knowledge about conditionals
Level: intermediate Age: 15-100 Downloads: 4
Spring Lesson: This, That, These, Those | Demonstratives, Fill in the Blanks, and Pronunciation
Teach your students the difference between this, that, these, and those with this colorful lesson on demonstratives! This lesson is accompanied by a short matching video. Your students will learn when and how to use this, that, these, and those and there is a fill in the blanks exercise. There is also a drawing exercise where the students must draw...
Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 10
Historical Fiction - Black Blizzard and Passive voice (Simple present and past tense) worksheet
I made this worksheet to help the students with reading comprehension passages related to historical fiction and grammar drill - passive voice (introduction - present and past passive voice). This worksheet is based on Cambridge Curriculum for upper primary students. Hopefully by doing this worksheet, students will be able to answer the questio...
Level: intermediate Age: 8-100 Downloads: 2
review 7th form
letters of the alphabet
Level: intermediate Age: 11-15 Downloads: 11
Daily Routine Speaking & Writing Activity
This is an activity that can be used with learning or reviewing the daily routine. The students must work in pairs, ask questions to find out their partner�s daily routine. Once completed, a writing or speaking activity can be completed. This must be done in the third-person.
Level: intermediate Age: 9-100 Downloads: 1
