The Explorer's Daughter Question Preview (ID: 45977)

a) A small group of whales

b) A pea

c) A group of fish

d) A group of Inuits

a) Greenland is very dark a lot of the time

b) It creates a happy scene

c) She is writing descriptively to set the scene for the reader to appreciate the environment's beauty/unpredictability

d) She wants the reader to have a sense of hope for both the narwhal and the hunters

a) Through verbs - e.g. 'gasp'

b) Through giving facts about the size of the prey, the narwhals

c) Through adjectives - e.g. 'flimsy kayak'

d) All of these

a) Because she is particularly intelligent

b) To show the reader that there are things they don't know about.

c) To make the text sound more authoritative and to explain particular parts of her story that the reader might not know

d) To confuse the reader about Greenland

a) Bad language

b) Triplets, emotive language and descriptive language

c) Sensory writing

d) Persuasive writing

a) A type of cheese

b) A painful, weakening disease caused by lack of vitamin C

c) A disease associated with pirates

d) A disease that is linked to the spine

a) A type of boat

b) A boat with two sails

c) A piece of material

d) A charm or figure with magical powers

a) The back of the whale

b) The fat of the whale

c) The belly of the whale

d) The whales tail

a) A memoir and travel book

b) A novel

c) A poem

d) A travel book

a) Thirsk

b) Timbukhtu

c) Thule

d) Tarporley