Reading Comprehension - English

17/05/17


Find an example of personification

"Until the rain interfered, running its icy fingers down my back,"

Find an example of an onomatopoeia

"There was a clatter in the bakery"

Example of direct speech

"Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature! Why not? No one decent will buy burned bread!"

Example of reported speech

"Suddenly a voice was screaming at me and I looked up to see the bakers wife, telling me to move on and did I want her to call the Peacekeepers and how sick she was of having those brats from the Seam pawing through her rubbish."

Why has the author chosen italics for certain sentences?

To show the readers the characters thoughts.

How does the writer show that the girl is starving?

"The heat of the bread burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life." This sentence shows how hungry she is and she is saying that that bread is her lifeline, and if she didn't have it, she would be dead.

Do you think the boy dropped  the bread on purpose? Explain your thoughts.

I think the boy did drop the bread to her on purpose as he threw it right to her as she says in the text, it landed by her feet when it was meant to be thrown towards the pig.

Why did the boy never look at her?

I think that the boy never looked at her because he felt bad that he had a warm home and food for days, meanwhile she was starving, going through rubbish bins in the rain.

Why did she stare at the loafs of bread in disbelief?

Because she never thought that the boy would throw her bread or show her any act of kindness at that moment.

What is the importance of the phrase "clinging to life"?

This phrase is important because it shows that she is almost dead, if not dying.