English - Reading to write - Holt quotes

Question 1

Holt - quote 1:

Holt metaphorically represents ‘…’ to reflect Timothy’s resentment towards his fathers expectations.

Answer 1

violins

Question 2

Holt - quote 2:

Through the use of the onomatopoeic effect of alliteration and assonance, ‘…’, describes the beautiful sounds of notes rising and falling, reinforcing Timothy’s passions.

Answer 2

They reminded him of the sea, surging backwards and forwards…

Question 3

Holt - quote 3:

Holt’s use of sensuous colour imagery, ‘…’ portrays Timothy’s dreams and interests.

Answer 3

It was rich red brown in colour…

Question 4

Holt - quote 4:

Holt uses repetition of questions, and impersonal and commanding tone, ‘…’ Timothy’s distinctive responses express more engagement towards the violin than the bat, reinforcing his immediate interests.

Answer 4

Is it broken?… What has happened to it?

Question 5

Holt - quote 5:

Furthermore, the use of metaphor, ‘…’, signifies the expectations and pressure on Timothy.

Answer 5

It looked heavy

Question 6

Holt - quote 6:

Furthermore, the use of imperative language, ‘…’, represents Timothy’s fathers’ dominance.

Answer 6

You must score lots of runs with it

Question 7

Holt - quote 7:

The use of simile, ‘…’, expresses Timothy’s emotions and fear and rejection. Holt metaphorically uses the bat to barricade Timothy from reaching his dreams, reinforcing the unjust reality of our world.

Answer 7

Like a wayward cannonball

Question 8

Holt - quote 8:

Holt’s use of dissonance to describe the destruction of the violin, ‘…’, contrasts with the imagination and passion he holds, which is crushed by the supremacy of his father.

Answer 8

the strange discordant humming of telephone wires in a storm

Question 9

Holt - quote 9:

The concluding simile and metaphor, ‘…’, foreshadows Timothy’s future subdued into conformity by his Father.

Answer 9

…he prepared himself for a lifetime of playing a straight bat on a pitch as empty and dull as an endless desert