Planning the climax of 'The Iron Man' | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

True or false? At the end of the build-up, everyone was happy with the solution of burying the Iron Man.

Answer explanation

Hogarth felt guilt and sorrow for what had happened to the Iron Man.

What is the purpose of the climax?

• to resolve the problem

• to describe the characters and setting

• to describe the main action and take the suspense to its highest point

Answer explanation

In the climax, you will be planning and writing about the Iron Man resurfacing from the ground and how humanity responds to him this time.

Match each word class to the appropriate vocabulary.

• nouns

• shook, roared, thrust

• adverbs

• happily, violently

• verbs

• fresh, monstrous, wide

• adjectives

• grass, earth, hand

Answer explanation

We need to use precise and ambitious vocabulary to describe each moment of the climax in detail.

What is the adverb in the following sentence? 'As a family happily ate their picnic on the hill, they felt the earth beneath them tremble.'

• family

• happily

• ate

• picnic

• earth

Answer explanation

'Happily' is an adverb as it describes how the family were eating their picnic. Adverbs often end in -ly.

When we write a plan, we use ...

• full sentences.

• paragraphs.

• notes.

• drawings.

Answer explanation

Notes are concise and capture key vocabulary and information. The purpose of notes is to help the writer to organise information easily for future use.