Hotel Room 12th Floor

Question 1

This morning

Answer 1

Established setting and sense of time
Word Choice: suggests brightness, happiness and hopefullness

Question 2

watched

Answer 2

Word Choice: suggests he is a passive speaker

Question 3

helicopter skirting like a damaged insect

Answer 3

Simile: suggests something annoying and broken
Helicopter: symbol of wealth, MacCaig critices it and reduces it to something small and fragile

Question 4

jumbo size dentist’s drill

Answer 4

Metaphor: compares ESB to something that causes fear, pain, suffering and is pointless

Question 5

PanAm skyscraper

Answer 5

Heart of where NY connects to the rest of the world
Shows wealth and status

Question 6

But

Answer 6

Word Choice: signifies clear turning point
Mood becomes more solemn

Question 7

midnight has come in

Answer 7

Personification: implies midnight is a unwanted intruder

Question 8

from foreign places

Answer 8

Word Choice: has connotations of something unfamiliar and strange

Question 9

uncivilised darkness

Answer 9

Word Choice: connotations of chaos and conflict
Sometimes what can’t be seen is feared