GCSE ENglish need help !!!!

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/no_index/AQA-87001-SQP.PDF

Question 1:

- it was a cold grey day in late November

- a backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it

- The air was clammy cold

- the weather had changed overnight

Question 2:

First, the writer use personification to describe the strength of the wind and how it affected to the objects, from “the wind came in gusts “…. to “ shake the coach as it travelled round the bend of the road”. The verb keywords “came” and “travelled” is verb which describes the affection of the wind perfectly to other objects and it also shows how dangerous the wind was and the setting around the wind which were very messy and the effect of the wind

Moreover, the writer also uses simile to describe how were the coach affected by the furry wind. Quote: “ … rocking between the high wheels like a drunken man”. The keyword “like” is a sign to identify the simile in the extract. Furthermore, the noun “a drunken man” shows that the coach was swayed crazily because of the affection of the wind and it also makes us feel like all the passengers are frightened because of the furry of nature.

Question 3:

You now need to think about the whole of the Source.

This text is from the opening of a novel.

How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?

You could write about:

? what the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning

? how and why the writer changes this focus as the Source develops

? any other structural features that interest you.

The extract is structured to interest readers by bringing the changes of setting from outside to inside the coach. The writer begins to describe the weather first, such as “ it was a cold dark grey in late November”; “ now and again little drips of rain fell softly through” to give the readers an overview about the settings and show them how bad was the weather was. After that, the writer changes the focus from outside to the inside of the coach.

It begins to describe the overall condition of the driver and passengers as the driver muffled in a greatcoat”, “The few passengers huddled together for warmth” to show that people are dealing with a hard situation, they have to sit in uncomfortable seats, with raindrops all over the floor, and also the cold is unstoppable, and the power of nature.

After that, the writer moves our focus to certain characters such as “ driver”; “driver’s neighbour the writer describes the activities of the driver, he put up the window again then he settled himself on more in his corner, wrapped his blanket about his knee and we can see that he completely had a sleepless night, because of the cold and uncomfortable situation, but he didn’t show up any expressions or emotions, he has to finish his job as a driver without any moans . After that, the author starts to describe the women’s look and activities with some descriptive adjective, verb words such as “red-faced”; “sighed heavily”... And then, he moves to focus on her feelings, and her mind, to show the readers how she felt about that horrible night and she also comes with the hope that the weather will get better. Moreover, we can feel her upset with the weather and the condition of the coach.

The use of narrative point of view allows the author to change the focus of the reader easily and smoothly from a setting to certain characters. Moreover, it gives the reader the feel of the furry wind, raining weather and all the settings around the coach, after that it brings the readers into the coach, and we can feel like we were there with them and witness everything happen to like the driver has a sleepless night, or the women feel annoyed because of the weather. The structures give us basic information about the settings and also the passengers who stayed in the coach.

Focus this part of your answer on the second part of the Source from line 19 to the

the .

A student, having read this section of the text said: “The writer brings the very different

characters to life for the reader. It is as if you are the coach with them.”

To what extent do you agree?

In your response, you could:

? write about your impressions of the characters

? evaluate how the writer has created these impressions

? support your opinions with references to the text.

I am extremely angry with the ideas of the students. By using transition structure, the author moves us from outside to the inside of the coach, and it begins to describe the passengers in the coach by using some verb “huddled”, ”exclaiming”, and it shows us that few passengers are cold because of the weather, and the space is very small. We can feel the cold is coming inside the coach, and all the passengers are trying to warm themselves up.

After that, the author moves his focus on some specific characters such as the driver, or the old fellow man, the women with red-faced and it makes us feel like we are in the coach, and we are experiencing with them. By using descriptive words, the author describes the old fellow man anger to the driver and make it more strong and aggressive. He cursed him with a high petulant voice for a rogue and a murder. The keyword “high petulant” shows us how the old fellow man, and it also expresses his status smoothly and gives us a basic view of the mess in the coach.

I strongly believe that the extract brought us into the coach with all characters by using a chronologic structure which describes the passengers and their activities in a clear timeline, also from general to particular. For example, the author describes the few passengers first, and after that, because of the annoy and uncomfortable condition, the old fellow man started cruse the driver, it makes us feel that the cold weather, and also the anger of the old fellow man were mixed which highlights the screen and brings us into the story. I agree with the student opinion that by using some language techniques and structure, the writer moves us smoothly through the timeline and also show us all the settings in the story and make us feel like we were there and witness all the story.