Hide And Seek

Question 1

Title ‘hide’

Answer 1

Could be a metaphor for fear

Question 2

First stanza s

Answer 2

The repetition of the S sound (sibilance) mirrors the sound of someone saying shush shush or it could be a metaphorical representation of Adam and Eve, betrayal

Question 3

Like the seaside

Answer 3

Similie

Creates an image in the readers mind

Question 4

The floor is cold

Answer 4

Short sentance shows discomfort

Question 5

Prowling in

Answer 5

Beastialisation - reminds the reader of a lion and represents the fear the boy has of his peers

Question 6

Don’t breathe. Don’t move. Stay dumb.

Answer 6

Short sentences take the reader by surprise and create the image that you are there with the writer and hearing their thoughts. It helps to engage us more, represents fear and panic

Question 7

The cold bites through your coat

Answer 7

Metaphor and personification

Showing the severity of the cold

Pathetic fallacy,

Question 8

The darkening garden watches

The bushes hold their breath

The cold bites through ur coat

Answer 8

Personifying nature because there is no people around

Captures his loneliness

Question 9

But where are they who sought you

Answer 9

Isolation

Rhetorical question

Question 10

Smell like the seaside v the dark damp smell of sand

Answer 10

Contrasts from the happy/ hopeful beginning, represents the boys change in emotion after he is left out and overcome with sadness