Check - English - w/c 22nd June - Roof Toppers Revision

What idea do we get about Sophie when there is a shipwreck sinking under the water?

• She's a pirate

• She's a musician

• She's alone

• She's a hostage

What does the reader notice about Charles' feelings towards the baby?

• he cares

• he's bored

• he panics

• he's hysterical

When the writer tells us it's not perfect, but Sophie's life "showed potential", what does this suggest?

• a dull life

• a life of possibilities

• a sad life

• a hopeless life

What technique is the writer using in this description: Charles "held her at arm's length, as he would a leaky flowerpot"?

• a simile

• assonance

• ellipsis

• dialogue

What does the writer achieve by describing the baby weeing on the Shakespeare play 'Hamlet'?

• misery

• terror

• suspense

• humour

"A baby floating in a cello case" is a dramatic...

• rhetorical question

• image

• alliteration

• adjective

Which word is the verb to show the action in this quote: "water flooding in over the carpet"?

• water

• flooding

• over

• carpet

Which onomatopoeic word creates a sense of fear in this quotation: "the shriek of a passenger would duet with a high C"?

• shriek

• passenger

• duet

• high

Which sense is the writer appealing to: "she woke when they drew up in a street smelling of trees and horse dung"?

• sight

• sound

• taste

• smell

The writer compares Charles to moonlight, nighttime and ink, with a voice. Which technique is being used to create a character?

• adjectives

• pronouns

• personification

• verbs