The Deep Bare Garden



Big Question: How does the writer use language to describe the storm?At speeds touching 80 to 100 kilometres an hour, the storm whipped into the camp just minutes later, plunging the temperature down by ten to fifteen degrees in as many seconds, ripping into the tents in a blinding fury of driving snow. The storm swept up the southern flanks of Everest engulfing the ice-clad slopes effortlessly in a swirling mantle of hurricane-force winds. Within minutes it had the northern side in its grip and then it rose to take the summit. The mightiest mountain in the world disappeared from view as the storm took control.If Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, and Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution, had joined forces they could not have done a better job of devastation than nature itself did on that day. The timing was uncanny, as bad as it was possible to be. If the storm had struck in winter then no one would have been hurt. But as chance would have it, the tempest arrived on the busiest day of the Everest calendar, right in the middle of the pre-monsoon climbing season.In the first sentence, we learn that the storm ‘whipped into the camp’ and was ‘ripping into the tents…’.What word-class do the words in bold belong to?Noun b) Adjective c) Verb d) AdverbWhat impression do you have of the storm, based on these two words? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We also learn that the “storm swept up the southern flanks…”.What language device is evident here?Simile b) Assonance c) Sibilance d) ZoomorphismWhy is this an effective choice of language device given the context of the wind and stormy weather?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We then learn that the storm had the mountain “in its grip”.Give three synonyms for the word ‘grip’.i.ii.iii.What language device is this an example of? ___________________________Why does the writer describe the storm in this way?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In the next paragraph, the writer suggests that storm is more destructive than “Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, and Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution” combined. What does this imply about the power of the storm?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The storm caused ‘devastation’.Give three synonyms for the word ‘devastation’.i.ii.iii.Define the word ‘devastation’. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________Explain why the writer included the word ‘devastation’.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The storm is said to have ‘struck’.What word class is ‘struck’?Noun b) Adjective c) Verb d) AdverbWhy do you think the writer included this word? _______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The storm is described as a ‘tempest’.Give three synonyms for the word ‘tempest’.i.ii.iii.Define the word ‘tempest’. _________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________Explain why the writer referred to the storm as a ‘tempest’.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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