SASS EL P2 Narrative Package

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 Language for Impact Questions NOTES: TEXT 1 1 In Paragraph 2, there is a description of the night sky. Explain how the language used in this paragraph emphasises the presence of light, even though it was night time. [3] TEXT 2 2 At the beginning of the text, there is a description of the village. Explain how the language used in Paragraph 1 emphasises how war has affected the village.

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2022 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 3 [3] 3 ‘My eyes burned. The sun sat on the horizon…’ (line 4) What does this suggest about the weather? [1] 4 What does the phrase ‘vow of silence’ (line 16) reveal about the writer’s reaction to the woman? [1] TEXT 3 5 ‘Ravi had tried to ask his mother to leave but to no avail – she was absolutely devoted to her husband despite the torture she endured at his drunken hands.’ (lines 29 – 31) What do the words ‘but to no avail’ suggest about Ravi’s attempts to convince his mother to leave his father? [1] 6 Ravi thought that ‘it was only a matter of time before his father would cross the line’ (lines 37 – 38). Explain what these two phrases meant in your own words. PHRASES FROM THE TEXT MEANING IN YOUR OWN WORDS it was only a matter of time his father would cross the line [2]

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 7 In Paragraph 8, Ravi ‘stuttered’ his reply to Mrs Lee. What does the word ‘stuttered’ suggest about Ravi’s reaction? [1] 8 Suggest a reason why Ravi spoke to Mrs Lee ‘with lowered eyes’ (line 49). [1] TEXT 4 9 Why did the writer in Paragraph 2 use the word ‘transpired’ (line 16) to describe what the four men from the Hewa tribe were doing? [2] 1 0 The writer describes the river as ‘no less violent than the day before’ (lines 13 – 14) and ‘too swollen to attempt for the time being’ (lines 16 – 17). What do the descriptions suggest about the state of the river? DESCRIPTION STATE OF THE RIVER no less violent too swollen [2] 1 1 In Paragraph 2, what does the phrase ‘willing to let me attempt the swim then it must be feasible’ (lines 24 – 25) tell us about the writer’s state of mind? [1] TEXT 5

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2022 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 5 1 2 ‘At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring.’ (line 1) Suggest what the early morning atmosphere was like in the morning. [1] 1 3 ‘But Fredericksburg was a day particularly lodged in his mind.’ (line 53 – 54) What do the underlined words suggest about the day in Fredericksburg? [1] TEXT 6 1 4 The writer describes the bishop’s actions after he visited the prison. What do the following sentences suggest about the bishop’s character? QUOTE IMPRESSION OF THE BISHOP ‘He spent the whole day and the whole night with him, forgetting about food and sleep…’ (lines 13 – 14) ‘He taught him everything, sustaining and comforting him’ (line 17) [2] 1 5 In Paragraph 4, the writer describes the bishop’s climbing into the tumbril and the scaffold with the criminal. Explain the effect of the repeated sentence structure. [1] 1 6 ‘You are forced to make a decision, to take sides, for or against.’ (line 45 – 46) What attitude does the writer have towards the guillotine?

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NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2022 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 7 TEXT 7 1 7 ‘There had never been a summer day like this; this fiery furnace. The roar of London’s traffic reverberated under a sky of coppery blue; the pavements threw out unceasing waves of heat, thickened with the reek of restaurants and perfumery shops. Even the wearing of one’s own flesh felt weary.’ (lines 1 – 4) What do these descriptions suggest about the weather and people in London? [2] TEXT 8 1 8 What does the phrase ‘the bank was drowning’ (line 4) tell you about the river? [1] 1 9 What does ‘went away like a cork’ (lines 19 – 20) suggest about the force of the water and its effect on the elephant? [2] 20 What does the ‘defiant roar’ (line 27) tell you about the elephant’s attitude to the situation she was in? [1]

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 2 1 The writer says that he ‘picked out the calf with my torch’ (line 27). What does this expression mean? [1] TEXT 10 2 2 ‘No garlic!... To do without garlic? Impossible! Impossible and mad.’ (lines 37 – 39) What is Auntie Bella’s attitude here? [1] TEXT 11 2 3 At the end of Paragraph 1, the writer says ‘the mighty whirlpool below was determined to consume me…’ Why does the writer describe the whirlpool in this way? [1] 2 4 The writer uses personification ‘That morning the sea had welcomed me with a golden sunrise’ (lines 10 – 11) and ‘soon it turned into a hostile adversary’ (line 11). What do these suggest about his view of the sea? [2]

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2022 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 9 2 5 In Paragraph 3, the writer says ‘Watching the vessel battle the waves put my predicament in perspective.’ (lines 17 – 18) What two things does this suggest about the writer’s response to the difficult situation that he was facing? [2] 2 6 ‘I would gaze at the serene beauty of the sea often.’ (line 28). What two things does this suggest about the writer’s character? [1] TEXT 12 2 7 (i) How does the soldiers ‘shooting at passing clouds’ (line 8) reflect their state of mind? [1] (ii) ‘Sure enough – whether from prayers or the shooting, or by a simple return of nature – the drought broke soon after and it was something we had not seen before.’ (lines 9 – 11) What does the underlined sentence suggest about the weather? [1] 2 8 What do the words ‘griped’ (line 23) and ‘whines’ (line 25) suggest about the writer’s response as he ‘tackled the storm’? [2]

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 TEXT 13 29 What does the word ‘slunk’ (line 28) suggest about the way they behaved? [1] 30 What does how the camp ‘had been organised’ (line 47) suggest about the people who did it? [1] TEXT 14 3 1 In Paragraph 2, the Governor uses various ways to encourage Argin to take up the offer. Explain how the group of words in the table below illustrates this. [2] 32 In Paragraph 7, archaeologists arrived in the village increasing Argin’s responsibilities. What does the group of words ‘hordes of archaeologists descended…’ suggest about the way they arrive? [1] 30 What does how the camp ‘had been organised’ (line 47) suggest about the people who did it? [1]

NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2022 (QUESTIONS) SASS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NARRATIVE PACKAGE 2021 11 3 1 (i) In Paragraph 7, archaeologists arrived in the village increasing Argin’s responsibilities. What does he group of words ‘hordes of archaeologists descended…’ suggest about the way they arrive? (ii) What does the phrase ‘pored over in a plethora of languages’ (lines 43 – 44) suggest about the archaeologists? [2] 3 2 Archaeologists were working quickly. How do the following expression reinforce this idea? hasty heap (lines 44 – 45): [1] sprouted from the earth (line 45): [1] TEXT 15 33 What does the word ‘volley’ (line 16) show about how the girls were speaking? [1] 34 Explain the effectiveness of the simile ‘our eyes as wide as discs’. [1] TEXT 16 35 ‘…the miners usually hobble past without replying, perhaps without even seeing him, their eyes on the muck, the economic collapse of Germany looming over them like the severe geometry of the mills.’ (lines 29 – 32) What is the attitude of the miners towards Werner’s greeting?