Bellwork: From The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

English

Discovering techniques

1. Find an example of personification in the passage.

"Until the rain interfered, running its icy fingers down my back, forcing me to life."

2. Find an example of onomatopoeia.

"His mother went back into the bakery, grumbling, but

Reported speech: Suddenly a voice was screaming at me and I looked up to see the bakers wife, telling me to move on and did I want her to call the Peacekeepers and how sick she was of having those brats from the Seam pawing through her rubbish.

3. Find one example of direct speech (where the exact words that were spoken are given)

"His mother was yelling, "Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature! Why not? No one decent will buy burned bread!"

4. Why has the author chosen to use Italics for certain sentences?

Because it shows that the character is directly thinking this in their head.