Choice of Vocabulary by Miss McNeill

Yusuf and George

2025-10-22 09:09:49 UTC

(P)The author uses the word bruised because (E)Because during a storm dark spots begin to appear on clouds (E)A reason this could be compared to bruises is because bruises are dark spots on your body. Just like the dark spots on the clouds.

Daniel And Robbie K

2025-10-22 09:11:19 UTC

1) (P) The author uses Bruise to describe the sky which affects the mood and makes the sentence more gloomy and miserable. (C) in the first sentence the author uses bruise to describe the sky (E) “The sky was bruised purple as the storm rolled in.” (E) bruised gives it a more dark feeling as bruises are often linked to dark and injury, it gives describes the purple as bruised which could mean it was there and described the storm as miserable.

2) (P) the author used used the world shaped because it changed the mood and it made the storm more threatening.

(E) “thunder snarled like an angry beast.” (E) snarled gives the thunder a more dark frightening affect as snarling a threat is about to attack, making the story more intense and impactful. The author could have used snarled to convey a powerful and dangerous storm, as after it calls it an angry beast.

India and Georgiana!

2025-10-22 09:13:14 UTC

(P) the author describes the sky as bruised which affects the mood of the text. (E) The sky was bruised purple becuase of the storm coming in. (E) from my worlds knowledge i know that a bruise hurts especially when it is purple, that shows that the storm is strong and is painful and scary, the sky is normally blue but the sky is mysteriously purple.

Akshara Lucas Ayaan

2025-10-22 09:15:12 UTC

1.[P]The author uses the word bruised [C] to describe the mood of the sky as[E] feisty and thunderous.[E]Using our evidence we can tell that since the sky is bruised purple there is probably going to be a storm as in most storms the sky would be grey and bruised using the quote “ thick clouds swallowing the last light”it shows that the setting is stormy and intense. Therefore we could refer this as a gloomy dark and miserable scene.

2.[P] The author uses the word snarled to show that there is an aggressive storm.[E]The word snarled could refer to the quote “angry beast” as the storm snarling like one.[E]As per worldly knowledge the word snarled is usually used for living things like dangerous animals.

Helen and Gigi

2025-10-22 09:16:28 UTC

1. (P) The author's choice of the word 'bruised' affects the mood by creating a gloomy atmosphere and a miserable mood (C) in the paragraph, bruised is describing a colour of purple (E) the text states; 'the sky was a bruised purple as the storm rolled in,' (E) which can put an image in your head of the shade of the colour purple. Instead of just saying dark purple the author uses bruised purple; a type of reddy purple, which adds more detail and description making the sky seem more gloomy.

Ross, Luke and James

2025-10-22 09:16:44 UTC

(P) The author uses bruise because (E) 'The sky was a bruised purple as the storm rolled in.' (E) When the author said "the sky was bruised" this tells us that the sky was purple because bruises are purple and when you think of bruised purple it tells us that the storm is very dark and its a strong storm.

Yusuf and George

2025-10-22 09:18:55 UTC

P)The author used the word snarled instead of a more The neutral word like rumbled because (E)The phrase snarled is normally used to indicate an aggressive or wild animal.(E)This suggests the storm was wild and almost aggressive

Chloe and Robbie

2025-10-22 09:23:31 UTC

1) (p)the author uses the word ”bruised” to describe the effect the mood of the paragraph (e)our evidence is the phrase “the sky was bruised purple as the storm rolled in” (e) the author describes the storm as violent and angry in the text.

2) (p) the author has used the word snarled the instead of rumbled because it shows that the storm is like a wild animal (e) our evidence is “somewhere in the distance the thunder snarled like an angry beast (e) the author has done this to show how the storm is wild and untamed like a wild animal

Georgiana and India

2025-10-22 09:24:41 UTC

(P) the thunder is described as snarled which show that the word is stronger than rumbled. (E) the thunder is described as ‘thunder snarled like an angry beast.’ (E) from my worldly knowledge i know that my evidence is a simile. When an angry beast snarls it is loud and scary. It show that a big storm is happening.

Max + Lucas

2025-10-22 09:26:26 UTC

1) (P) The author used the word, "bruised" to describe the sky which creates an intense or dangerous mood. (E) to support this in the text it says: "the sky was bruised purple as the storm rolled in, thick clouds swallowing the last light."(E) Bruising often links with injurys and pain so in the text when the storm starts to roll in and could be injuring the sky and "bruising" it.

Haya, Lyanna, Amelia

2025-10-22 09:26:50 UTC

(p) The author chooses the word bruised to describe the sky to affect the mood which is very gloomy and painful. (e) The quote from the text is “The sky was a bruised purple as the storm rolled in.” (e) Using my worldly knowledge,I know that when someone gets a bruise it is painful and they are hurt. The impact it has on the reader is like they are the character and they are feeling the danger of the sky and clouds , it also gives off a dark feeling.

Yusuf and George

2025-10-22 09:37:49 UTC

(P) A nuance between tiptoed and walked is (E) Tiptoed lays

a more secretive or mysterious manner usually used when you do not want to be seen or heard and walking makes quite a lot of noise so she is trying to unheard and unseen.(E) She is definitely trying not to be seen.

Daniel and Robbie K

2025-10-22 09:37:49 UTC

1) (P) the nuance between tiptoed and walked is that tiptoed it affects our understand of Ella’s behaviour by making it more devious and mysterious. (E) “Ella tiptoed through the gallery, her eyes wide open with wonder.” (E) tiptoed shows us that Ella might have not wanted to be seen, from later on in the text it says “her eyes wide with wonder.” She might have been mesmerised. She was is curious and silent. She wants to go to the canvas and does it silently. This also tells us that it is mysterious as we do not know what she is doing.

2) (P) the nuance between reverence and awe helps us understand Ella’s emotional response. It gives us a detailed description of how Ella felt. (E) “reverence , maybe, or awe.”

The difference helps us understand as it gives us a description of Ella’s emotional response by describing how she didn’t feel ear but something close.

Ross, Luke and James

2025-10-22 09:37:51 UTC

(P) The nuance between tiptoed and walked is that tiptoed suggests Ella is trying to be quiet. (E) 'Ella tiptoed through the gallery, her eyes wide with wonder.' (E)

Amelia,Haya,Lyanna

2025-10-22 09:37:51 UTC

(p) The nuance between Ella tip-toeing and walking

Chloe and Robbie

2025-10-22 09:37:52 UTC

1) (p)the author has used tiptoed rather than walked to show that she was trying to be quiet and unheard rather than walked to show she was just slightly scared (e) our evidence is “Ella tiptoed through the gallery, her eyes wide with wonder.” And “it wasn’t fear exactly.” (E) this Shows that she might not be allowed to be in the art gallery or maybe is is a place in it that she is not supposed to be.

2) (p) the difference between reverence and awe helps us understand Ellas emotional response because it shows that she was mesmerised by the painting and wanted to touch it and possibly steal it.(E)our evidence is” Her eyes were full of wonder.” And she was tiptoeing and people who steal thing usually tiptoes to go undetected but usually end up standing out for tiptoeing. (E)but the main part is that she might have been trying to steal the painting that she was being mesmerised by the painting but we do not know what happens next

max + lucas

2025-10-22 09:37:55 UTC

1) (P) The nuance between tiptoed and walked affects our understanding of the text. (E) "

India and Georgiana!

2025-10-22 09:37:57 UTC

(P) the nuance between tiptoed and walked, it affects the text as a silent way of walking. (E) my evidence is that ‘Ella tiptoed through the gallery’ showing that this is negative, and that from the text she is in an art gallery showing that she is Maybey stealing something. (E) tiptoe is god and bad in many different ways from the texts she is in a gallery, so she is trying to be silent. But she resists when close to grabbing it.The difference between walking and tiptoeing, is that walking i loud and is made for attention, with tiptoeing there is a meaning for it and that there is a sneaky reason.

Akshara Ayaan Lucas

2025-10-22 09:38:16 UTC

1.[P]The nuance between tiptoed and walked is[C] tiptoed means silently stepping forward whereas the word walked means to casually go somewhere like nothings happened [E] As per my worldly knowledge we can infer that somebody usually tiptoes to try do something sneaky for example like a robbery or to not disturb someone in a important situation.[E]Using the quote “Ella tiptoed through the gallery” shows that she is probably trying to take something she is not supposed to be.

Helen and Gigi

2025-10-22 09:38:57 UTC

(P) The nuance between tiptoed and walked is that; tiptoed is a more delicate movement and considerate whereas walking is a casual move. (E) The evidence is ' Ella tiptoed through the gallery, her eyes wide with wonder' (E) It affects our understanding of Ella inferring that she is either up to no good or is being mindful about the other people.

Haya, Amelia, Lyanna

hirah008 — 2025-10-22 12:31:52 UTC

(P) The nuance between Ella tiptoeing and walking is tiptoeing is that it is more sneaky.(E) A quote from the text is TBC

max + lucas

2025-10-22 12:32:11 UTC

1) (P) The nuance between tiptoed and walking will tell us that she is sneaking . (E) "Ella tiptoed through the...

Luke, Ross, James

2025-10-22 12:32:18 UTC

(tbc)

Georgiana and India!

2025-10-22 12:32:21 UTC

(P) the difference between reverence and awe
TBC

Akshara Ayaan Lucas

2025-10-22 12:40:33 UTC

2.[P]The effect of the authors long sentences shows that the mood of the text is peaceful, serene and lazy in a positive way.[C] The quote from the text that shows this is [E]

Chloe and Robbie

2025-10-22 12:40:34 UTC

2) (P) the authors affect

Daniel and Robbie K

2025-10-22 12:40:35 UTC

2) (P) the effect of the authors use of long, flowing sentences is that it makes the passage calm and relaxed, it gives it a peaceful effect. It also uses words that would describe the character as bobbin along. (E) the author uses long sentences for example “The cafe’ buzzed with life; clinking cups, murmured conversations, the hiss of steam.” This sentence has a long and flowing feel.

Luke, Ross, James

2025-10-22 12:40:40 UTC

(P) The effect of long flowing sentences by using calm long sentences (E) "Her thoughts drifted, untethered like leaves... (tbc)

Georgiana and India!!

2025-10-22 12:40:48 UTC

(P) The effect that the author’s use of long flowing
Sentences and what affect it has. (E)
TBC

Helen and Gigi

2025-10-22 12:40:59 UTC

(P) The effect on the pacing and mood of the long, flowing sentences is that it sounds more relaxed and calm