The Explorer's Daughter

Question 1

Q4 plan

Answer 1

P1: narwhals
P2: hunter

Question 2

‘The Explorer’s Daughter’

Answer 2

‘explorer’s’ - adventure, mystery, thrill, forebode possible danger
‘daughter’ - slight separation from events

Question 3

TAP

Answer 3

T: personal account
A: international, general
P: to inform & educate

Question 4

P1:
‘plumes of spray…catching the light in a spectral play of colour.’

Answer 4

‘spectral’ - rainbow, beauty
‘play’ - innocence, joy, energy

Question 5

‘glittering kingdom’

Answer 5

metaphor - serene, enchanting
‘glittering’ - mystical, magical
‘kingdom’ - animal kingdom, biodiversity, nature or regal, respect

Question 6

‘wondering if the narwhal existed at all or were instead mischievous tricks of the shifting light.’

Answer 6

‘tricks’ - illusions, superior to humans as fool them, power of narwhals
assonance of ‘tricks’ & ‘shifting’ - rhythmic, graceful movement, beauty

Question 7

‘intelligent creatures’, ‘talk to one another under the water.’

Answer 7

personification of ‘talk’ - intelligent, sociable, respect for narwhal

Question 8

‘at the same time my heart also urged the narwhal to dive, to leave to survive.’

Answer 8

‘heart’ - deep emotion
‘urged’ - passion
assonance & tricolon - frantic, suspense, strong emotions
‘survive’ - victim & vulnerability - sympathy from reader

Question 9

P2:
‘essential contributor to the survival of the hunters’

Answer 9

‘essential’ - must have, important, without narwhal hunters die, no other option

Question 10

‘only source of light and heat…valuable part of the diet for both man and dogs’

Answer 10

sympathy for hunters - balanced perspective
‘only’ - lack & deprivation
‘both man and dogs’ - use wisely & make the most of narwhals

Question 11

‘vast, waterborne game with the hunters spread like a net around the sound.’

Answer 11

‘vast’ - importance, scale, effort of hunters
‘game’ - excitement, contrast seriousness of survival
simile of ‘net’ - skillful

Question 12

’- in that split second my heart leapt for both hunter and narwhal.’

Answer 12

hyphen - suspense, mirror heart stop
‘heart - emotional connection & moral views
sibilance of ‘split second’ - gasp, sinister, foreboding

Question 13

‘miles from land in a flimsy kayak and could easily be capsized and drowned…no rifle, only one harpoon’

Answer 13

lexical field of vulnerability, life-threatening - extent of bravery, respect, support & sympathy for hunter
hyperbole of ‘miles’ - vulnerability, danger
‘flimsy’ - delicate, can break, precariousness
‘easily’ - danger
‘drowned’ - must risk life for food
‘no rifle’ & ‘one’ - tiny & weak compared to narwhal - danger

Question 14

‘Hunting is still an absolute necessity in Thule.’

Answer 14

short sentence conclusion
‘absolute’ - no exceptions
‘necessity’ - extremity, complete need otherwise die, for survival
end is factual - author does not reach a moral resolution - lets audience decide/question their own thoughts

Question 15

structure

Answer 15

paragraphs alternate between story & facts

paragraph on history:
juxtapose emotive story with detached, factual tone
non-emotive, knowledgeable, expertise
audience respects author’s authority & opinions as they are well-informed
formal language