The coming of the Iron Man

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Read the coming of Iron man on Learners book page 109.and answer in their literacy books.

Note down two examples of methods/techniques of creating drama.

With your partner compare your examples,saying why you choose then.

Answers

Action:

Iron man appearing out of nowhere.

Iron man falling off the cliff.

Breaking up,hand waving a finger.

See boiling

Vocabulary and description

Alliteration:big as a bedroom

boiling and booming

Metaphors/personification.Stars went wheeling through the sky.the wind sang through its fingers.

Sentence variety

First two paragraphs:Short

Third paragraph:Long

Fourth paragraph:Mixture

Second paragraphs:Questions but no answers.,exclamations.

Textual features and layout

Capitalized words(CRASH),exclamation marks,

strange spellings

onomatopoeia

unusual new paragraphs and new line starts.

A few rocks tumbled with him

Then

Silence

Is this a dramatic opening for the novel?

Discuss your opinion,using examples from the the text.