Storm On The Island

Question 1

‘We are prepared. we build our houses squat.’

Answer 1

Tone of assuredness between a community of people. ‘We’ shows it’s a shared feeling

Question 2

‘Pummels’ ‘Hits’ ‘Strafes’ ‘Bombarded’

Answer 2

Verbs to show violence, links to context to do with conflict.

Question 3

‘Spits like a tame cat turned savage’

Answer 3

Simile compares weather to an animal, also shows the unpredictability of the weather as it changes from ‘tame’ to ‘savage’

Question 4

‘Strange it is a huge nothing that we fear.’

Answer 4

Oxymoron shows uncertainty among the people, shift in tone from the beginning