Quotations Homework

Due Friday 13th March

For each of the quotations given below, underline the words that are ‘working the hardest’ to help create an image of the stranger or the Pied Piper. It may be a quotation that describes what he looks like, or it may tell the reader something about his personality, character or actions.

Label the words you have chosen with your interpretation of what the words mean. Think deeply about why the writer selected that particular word – what may they have been suggesting? You may be able to label the types of words chosen, or the technique that the writer has used.

Do this in your books, so that you have room to write the quotation in the centre of your page. An example has been done for you. 

TIP: It can be helpful to use a dictionary or thesaurus to look up the words you underline. Even if you know what they mean, it can give you alternative  words to use in your analysis, or make you think about the effect the writer wanted to create

1.    STRANGER: And everyone has so much to say, so much that they care about. But I wonder… who cares about Becky… and who cares about Jan?

2.    “And I chiefly use my charm

On creatures that do people harm”

3.    “And he himself was tall and thin,

With sharp, blue eyes, each like a pin.”

4.    STRANGER: But don’t worry, I know what it’s like. I was always the one who didn’t fit in. But it didn’t bother me – don’t let it bother you. You don’t need the likes of them. You’ve got more to offer than them.