En224 The Boy with the Top Knot

the boy with the top knot

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'..but Dad wolfed down his share in two gulps – like a pig chobbling coal...'What technique is being used here?

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

question 1/6 - language technique 01

Reason: A simile is when we compare something to something else using the words 'like' OR 'as'.

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question 1/6 - language technique 01

The narrator loves Bounty bars with a passion. When he's finished he says this '‘That was SOHNI, Dad.’' based on what you know, what would you say 'sohni' means?

Too small

Beautiful

Disgusting

question 2/6 - working out vocabulary and context

Reason: 'sohni' means beautiful in Punjabi.

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question 2/6 - working out vocabulary and context

Why does the narrator use so many Punjabi words?

He barely knows any English

He doesn't want people to overhear his conversation

Because he's just talking to his Dad

question 3/6 - understanding the story

Reason: Yes! At this point the narrator can barely understand any English at all!

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question 3/6 - understanding the story

Read the text in the boxes below, which one is an example of alliteration?

'the sun smiled down on us'

'like a pig chobbling coal'

'and sings a solitary song'

question 4/6 - language technique 02

Reason: Yes, that's right! As Mrs. Jones said, alliteration is when 'successive words begin with the same consonant sound or letter.'

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question 4/6 - language technique 02

"...which you could wear on your pullover as a demonstration of your swottiness." Swottiness is an example of ...

Punjabi

Formal language

Informal language

question 5/6 - language technique 03

Reason: Yes, 'swottiness' isn't a proper word! The narrator is trying to show us again the differences in how the teacher and the children use language.

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question 5/6 - language technique 03

In today's lesson you will be scanning the extract for particular things. What does 'scanning' mean?

Looking at a text very slowly, pausing to look at all the techniques used

Looking at a text to get the general idea of what it's about

Looking at a text for a particular thing or feature

question 6/6 - reading technique

Reason:Yes! Scanning is when we're looking for something in particular, for example we might scan the TV guide to see when our programme is about to start.

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QUESTION 6/6 - reading technique

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