Senior 2: Unseen Prose Text

The story is about...

• the confusion of city life.

• travelling by train in the city.

• the narrator's happiness.

• arriving late at work.

Quote a phrase from the first two lines which shows the narrator's emotions.

(a)  

The story is written in the...

• first person.

• second person.

• third person.

Quote ONE word that shows the sounds created by the train.

(a)  

Quote another word which shows the sounds created by the train

(a)  

These words are an example of ...

• metaphor.

• simile.

• alliteration.

• onomatopoeia.

An onomatopoeia is...

• the repetition of two or more times the first consonant sound in a phrase.

• a word that imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

• the comparison of something to something else.

• when the author / poet gives a non-living object, human-like qualities.

How was the author feeling while thinking about Nate’s words?

• anxious

• upset

• happy

• jealous

Find a movement word from the passage which suggests this emotion.

(a)  

“Everything fades away like a movie with the sound turned down” is an example of ________________________.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification