H is for hawk

Question 1

Don’t want you going home with the wrong bird!

Answer 1

Direct speech/ironic foreshadows how she feels she’s been allocated the wrong bird later in the extract

Question 2

Lines 13-15

Answer 2

Polythene increases pace and sense of chaos and activity as Bird emerges from the box

Question 3

She’s a conjuring trick

Answer 3

Metaphor bird is magical, writer is in awe emerges from the box like an object from a magicians hat

Question 4

Folding, gripping, anchoring

Answer 4

Verbs convey his confidence in handling the bird

Question 5

It was born of care

Answer 5

Short car sentence admired bird seller on to protect birth from being overwhelmed not to be cruel

Question 6

She was smokier and darker

Answer 6

Juxtaposition between a semantic field of light and brightness for the first bird and darkness of the second bird

Question 7

Monstrous breach of etiquette

Answer 7

Adjective emphasises her embarrassment are asking for the first bird adverse to the second bird so strongly she’s willing to risk seeming rude in order to get the first bed

Question 8

The There was something behind it that was very important

Answer 8

The birds seller senses it wasn’t a whim and she needed the bird to help her get through the grief. She desperately needs the emotional connection with the bird so she can focus on the birds to help her get through the grief

Question 9

Line 61-64

Answer 9

Succession of interrogative sentences to emphasise her desperation of wanting the first bird