Step 1: Identify the narrator’s/author’s main points.
Step 2: Describe Simon’s attitude and tone. Who or what is he criticising and why? Referring to at least three quotes, explain their purpose and their link to the character’s views.
- eg. contemptuou
Step 3: Learn new words and phrases: use in a sentence.
Learn four new expressions (words and phrases). Write these phrases
in your own sentence.
Simon says:
- “Enough
of your scurrilous
taunts” : insulting rude and not fair - “A
hurricane of recrimination”;
an argument in which each blames the other for the
wrongdoing
Step 4: What narrative elements are evident?
eg. metaphor of the “seamanship”. Use quotes and give explanations.
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