the water genie

Understanding:

-the bathroom door was open and the light was on, and as haroun watched
He saw, silhouetted in the open doorway, a figure almost too
Astonishing for words.

-while this remarkable monologue was being delivered, Haroun Khalifa move
his head very, very slowly, until half an eye was looking around the door- jamb into the bathroom: where he saw a small, ancient-looking man, no bigger than himself, wearing a huge purple turban on his head(that was the onion)
And baggy silk pyjamas gatjered at the ankles (thise were the aubergines).

-this little fellow sported an impressive full set of whiskers, of a most unusual colour: the palest, most delicate shade of sky blue.

Analysis:

Sported
Gathered
Wearing
Delivered
Astonishing

Ext, these words suggesy he is like a fashionable man, very interested in fashion

Securing analysis:

Rhyme= ‘oh, aha, is that where you are?’
Simile= ‘and what looked like a monkey wrench in the other.’
Repetition= ‘hot tap, cold tap’
Alliteration= ‘outsize onion’

1 Comment

  1. Luke,

    You have shown that you are able to select quotations from the given extract in response to a set task.

    Target
    Develop your work here into a paragraph that explores the use of figurative language – You are still yet to achieve the Discovery badge
    http://achieve.community.edutronic.net/stage-two-reading/discovery/
    How will you meet this target?

    You have shown that you can do this in class discussion, but it would be good to develop this into your written work.

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