Explorers daughter Flashcards
What is the style of the first paragraph
Lyrical and poetic
What is the style of the second and third paragraph
Factual and informative
What device is ‘two hours’ ‘one hour’
Time markers - creates anticipation as narwhals move closer
What device is ‘glittering kindom’
Metaphor it is beautiful and has a regal quality the light playing off the water
What could you infer from ‘man and whale’
Contrasting nouns establish them as opponents sense of epic battle
What could you infer from ‘mischevous tricks of the shifting light’
Narwhals seem ethereal to her as they are so far away
What do the facts in para 3 show about the narwhals
That they are important in the people’s survival as they contain vitamins and minerals and carry all the necessary things for life
What is the writers perspective on the hunting
She believes that it is justified as they are needed to support life and they don’t waste any parts of the narwhal
What device is ‘it was like watching a vast, waterborne game’
Simile writer finds the hunt entertaining but not a game for the people as it is a matter of survival
In paragraphs 4 and 5 there is a shift from ….. to …… information
Narrative, factual
What could you infer from the adjective ‘crucial’
Life of death and nit an option do it makes the reader anxious because of how important it is that each family kills a narwhal for their survival
What device is ‘still’
Intensifier builds tension. Stillness and silence of hunters before making a kill
What device is ‘head’ and ‘heart’
Contrasting nouns logically knows the people need to hunt the narwhal but emotionally wants narwhal to survive
What device is ‘dive to leave to survive’
Tricolon emphasises her desire for narwhal to survive
What can you imply from ‘how can you possibly eat a seal?’
Writer is implying that if you eat meat do you use everything from the animal?
