Explanation: This use of onomatopoeia you imagine the sound of the rescue team’s boots as they walk through the rubble. The noise they are making sounds unusually loud because of how silent the city is after the earthquake. Achieved Correctly identifies the technique OR explains the effect – Merit Correct technique AND explanation of effect – 5. Personification - radio bursts into life..then itself returns to silence” “The Explanation: The radio sounds as though it is alive. It helps readers visualise that small sounds seem loud and out of place because of how quiet the city is. Personification - Hotel Grand Chancellor leans over all, brooding silently” “The Explanation: The Hotel Grand Chancellor is described as This “brooding”. helps readers visualise that the hotel has been damaged and is now leaning over the rest of the destroyed city. “Brooding” creates a gloomy mood or tone. The hotel seems upset about the earthquake. It makes readers feel sad at the devastation of the city and once grand building. Achieved Correctly identifies an example – Merit Correctly identifies an example AND explains the effect –
Explanation: This use of onomatopoeia you imagine the sound of the rescue team’s boots as they walk through the rubble. The noise they are making sounds unusually loud because of how silent the city is after the earthquake. Achieved – Correctly identifies the technique OR explains the effect Merit – Correct technique AND explanation of effect 5. Personification - “The radio bursts into life..then itself returns to silence” Explanation: The radio sounds as though it is alive. It helps readers visualise that small sounds seem loud and out of place because of how quiet the city is. Personification - “The Hotel Grand Chancellor leans over all, brooding silently” Explanation: The Hotel Grand Chancellor is described as “brooding”. This helps readers visualise that the hotel has been damaged and is now leaning over the rest of the destroyed city. “Brooding” creates a gloomy mood or tone. The hotel seems upset about the earthquake. It makes readers feel sad at the devastation of the city and once grand building. Achieved – Correctly identifies an example Merit – Correctly identifies an example AND explains the effect
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