The Whale Rider - Winter

The metaphor that symbolises the movement of the whales is thunder compared to the sound of a great door opening.

• True

• False

The ancient bull whale keep remembering what?

• His wife

• His many children

• The Whale Rider

• The land of Whangara

It is the Whale Rider himself that ends the journeys to sea with the ancient bull whale.

• True

• False

The whales have retreated to the Arctic Circle for safety from the poisoned water and the danger of mankind.

• True

• False

The huge herd of whales (200 whales) stranded themselves at Whangara.

• True

• False

One of the most horrible sights when the whales were beached was

• the whales struggling to get back to sea

• the hopeless situation the people had trying to tow them out

• the way the birds began attacking the whales before they were dead

• the way some people began cutting up the whales before they were dead

Rawiri and his friends helped patrol the beach and protect the whales.

• True

• False

What do the helpers discover about the whales

• they are dehydrating

• they seem to understand what is said

• they are desperate to beach themselves and die

• they are hungry and must be fed from special buckets

A dark shadow began to ascend from the deep. Then there were other shadows rising, ever rising. ..Crashing through the skin of the sea. And as it came, the air was filled with streaked lightning and awesome singing.

All of the following devices are in this extract

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• repetition

But then, 'he continued, 'man assumed a cloak of arrogance and set himself up above the Gods. He even tried to defat Death, but failed. As he grew in arrogance he started to drive a wedge through the original oneness of the world.

What devices do you see in this extract?

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification