127 Hours: Between a Rock and Hard Place

What language device is used in the first paragraph to create a sense of tension and danger?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

What is the purpose of the technical language used in the first paragraph?

• To express the character's emotions

• To create a sense of urgency

• To show the writer's expertise and sense of confidence at the time

• To evoke a feeling of isolation

What effect does the use of the word 'claustrophobic' have on the reader?

• It highlights the beauty of the canyon

• It emphasizes the character's determination

• It conveys a feeling of excitement and adventure

• It creates a sense of fear and unease

What is the purpose of the detailed description of the character's movements in the canyon?

• To create a sense of suspense as well as to put us in the shoes of the writer at the time.

• To highlight the beauty of the natural surroundings

• To showcase the character's physical abilities

• To provide a sense of calm and tranquility

What language device is used to describe the stone as it "consumes the sky."?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

What effect does the use of the phrase 'Time dilates' have on the reader?

• It emphasizes the character's determination

• It conveys a feeling of confusion

• It creates a sense of urgency

• It slows down the pace of the narrative

What is the effect of the sentence fragment "Then silence."

• It shows his confusion due to the broken grammar.

• It emphasises the peace and calm of the canyon.

• It highlights the isolation of the writer.

• It creates a pause in the action so more action can happen.

What is tense has the text been written and why might that be?

• present - to make the tension and suspense more immediate and put us in the writer's shoes.

• Present - to recall something that happened recently.

• past - to allow the writer to play with ideas in the narrative and enhance the tension.

• future - to describe the writer's fears of what will happen to him.

What technique is being used in 'grimace and growl' and for what effect?

• Onomatopoeia - to show the sounds he's making

• Personification - to make the sounds he's making be like a person suffering

• Metaphor - he uses the imagery of a wolf to show his strength

• Alliteration - he uses the repeated 'gr' sound to replicate the animalistic sounds of pain he is making.

What effect does the use of the phrase 'while my body’s chemicals are raging at full flood'?

• It personifies his body's reaction to the shock.

• It emphasises the reaction of his body with a metaphor to show how intense it is

• He uses alliteration to make his body's reaction sound 'flowing'.

• He is making us feel like the hulk.