Narrative Comprehension - Forestry Training by Hema Nathan

Ayn, Hsiang Han, Lyvia, Sixuan

2024-04-04 01:56:26 UTC

“However, everyone seemed to take it for granted that we forest workers would do just that. “ This shows that, the writer was expected to go along by the villagers, as he was a forest worker and had no choice. “Men from all over the village nodded and shouted encouragement.” This shows that the writer was feeling peer pressure and had no choice but to go along.

Bin yu he jie yuan Kai jaden

tan_yuan_kai_2 — 2024-04-04 01:56:27 UTC

The villagers expected the forest workers to go into the forest and stop the fire, they also shouted encouragements, further pressuring them to go in the fire

Vera, Louise, Hui Min, Sathika

tay_hui_min1 — 2024-04-04 01:56:57 UTC

The writer had no choice but to gi along because everyone seemed to take it for granted that the forest workers would do all the work in cutting down the trees to prevent the fire from spreading and that men from all over the village nodded and shouted in encouragement, as to pressure/persuade them to go and stop the fire in their stead

Sreya and Shannon

2024-04-04 01:56:59 UTC

Yoki gave the writer a look of pure scorn and marched towards the flames with his axe. This shows that he would not change his mind on going into the forest and attempting to put the fire out.

Tiff,SHERLYY,Lucas,leia

2024-04-04 01:57:37 UTC

“However , everyone seemed to take it for granted that we forest workers would do just that.”, meaning the writer was expected by everyone that they would help extinguish the fire, pressuring him. “ men from all over the village nodded and shouted encouragement.” People from the village supported yoki’s decision and the writer would be the odd one out if he didn’t go along, supporting the claim of that the writer claimed that he,”had no choice but to go along”

Tiffany Sheryl Leia Lucas Ng

2024-04-04 01:58:06 UTC

It means that they would have inhaled smoke from the fire if they opened their mouths , so it would not have been a good idea

Shawn, Jayden, Olivia

2024-04-04 01:58:07 UTC

The writer emphasises it by saying that Yoki had a look of pure scorn and marched towards the flames.

Sreya and shannon

2024-04-04 01:58:13 UTC

Everyone seemed to take it for granted that the forest workers would jump into the middle of the forest fire in order to stop the fire.

Men from all over the village also nodded and shouted encouragement, which put the writer in a position where he had no choice but to go along.

Junhui,emma,pepper,Lucas,yifei

2024-04-04 01:58:30 UTC

They would suffocate due to all the smoke

Shawn Jayden Olivia

2024-04-04 01:58:41 UTC

The villages expected the writer and all of the forest workers to rush in and help immediately, and also shouted words of encouragement, pressuring the writer

He Jie yuan Kai jaden and bin yu

tan_yuan_kai_2 — 2024-04-04 01:58:47 UTC

When the writer told him about the danger, yoki looked at him with scorn and he marched towards the flame. This shows his determination to stop the fire even with the danger apparent

Leia, Lucas, Sherly, Tiff

leleleleiatan — 2024-04-04 01:58:55 UTC

The writer emphasised Yoki’s determination by saying that he “marched” into the flames with a fire hose in his hand, showing his bravery by mot backing put and determination to put out the flames.

He Jie yuan Kai bin yu jaden

tan_yuan_kai_2 — 2024-04-04 01:59:14 UTC

The writer was confused

Emma, lucas , pepper , yifei , junhui

2024-04-04 01:59:16 UTC

The writer emphasises that Yoki was eager to stop the forest fire and will not change his decision.

Vera, Louise, Hui Min and Sathika

tay_hui_min1 — 2024-04-04 01:59:21 UTC

The writer emphasises on Yoki’s determination by describing how he picked up the hose and stepped across a fallen tree and marched towards the flame

Sreya and Shannon

2024-04-04 01:59:26 UTC

The writer was not in the right state of mind to fully process the things happening around him.

Shawn, Olivia and Jayden

2024-04-04 01:59:59 UTC

The phrase "with detachment" tell us that the writer was feeling focused. He does not care about anything else besides putting out the fire.

Jaden, Hejie, yuan Kai, nathan

2024-04-04 02:00:03 UTC

All the leaves on the trees were burned by the fire so the blackened trees tend to look like Jared pillars

He Jie yuan Kai bin yu jaden

tan_yuan_kai_2 — 2024-04-04 02:00:04 UTC

Since the trees are burned and became black, so it look like pillars that are blacken

Yifei, Emma, Jun Hui, Lucas, Pepper

1yifei — 2024-04-04 02:00:05 UTC

The writer thinking about the fish ‘with detachment’ suggests that the writer did not care about the fishes ‘that would soon be grilled’.

Lucas, Pepper, Emma, Jun Hui, Yi Fei

2024-04-04 02:00:11 UTC

‘He was summoning us to jump into the middle of the forest fire.’ Which showed that yogi needed all the help he could get in executing his plan on stopping the forest fire, ‘men from all over the village hooded and shouted encouragement’, showing tha they were encouraging the forest workers, while they handled the situation.

Sreya and shannon

2024-04-04 02:00:30 UTC

Opening their mouths would mean that they could risk inhaling the flamed which is not good for their safety and health.

Tiffany Sheryl Leia Lucas Ng

2024-04-04 02:00:31 UTC

It suggests that the writer was calm and not thinking much about his surroundings.

Lucas, Pepper, Emma, Yifei, Junhui

2024-04-04 02:00:48 UTC

It is effective because the fire would have burned any extruding branches or leaves on the tree, essentially leaving charred tree trunks—or ‘pillars’, in this case—behind.

Vera, Louise, Hui Min and Sathika

tay_hui_min1 — 2024-04-04 02:01:06 UTC

Charred means burnt and blackened, just like how the trees in the forest are burnt from the fire then look like blackened pillars

Ayn, Hsiang Han, Sixuan , Lyvia

hurul_ayn_muhamed_salim — 2024-04-04 02:01:26 UTC

Yoki did not back down after hearing the writer’s protests and bravely marched into the fire, emphasising Yoki’s determination to put out the fire despite the writer’s warnings.

Sreya and Shannon

2024-04-04 02:01:56 UTC

‘Charred pillars’ emphasised that the trees were burnt very serverly to the point where it was all black and ashy.

Vera, Louise, Hui Min and Sathika

tay_hui_min1 — 2024-04-04 02:03:31 UTC

The writer meant that if they were to open their mouths, they would inhale the smoke and get health problems

Vera, Louise, Hui Min and Sathika

tay_hui_min1 — 2024-04-04 02:05:42 UTC

It suggests that the writer has no particular interest or care about the fishes that would get burnt by the fire and get grilled

Tiff

2024-04-04 02:06:01 UTC

It is effective in describing the trees in the forest as pillar’s bodies are long, similar to the trunk of the tree and pillar’s have no “head’ describing that the tree lost its leaves and branches in the fire. “Charred” being effective to describe the trees in the forest as it is burnt and blackeneddescribing the aftermath of what the fire did to the trees in the forest.

Shawn, Jayden, Olivia

2024-04-04 02:06:25 UTC

The fire had burnt off the trees leaves and branches leaving only very badly burnt tree trunks. As such, the phrase shows us that the tree was very badly burnt to the point where only the burnt trunk remained

Ayn, Hsiang Han, Sixuan, Lyvia

hurul_ayn_muhamed_salim — 2024-04-04 02:06:55 UTC

The writer was too worn out and unfocused to process what was happening and could only muster up the energy to hose down the fire

Shawn, Jayden, Olivia

2024-04-04 02:07:44 UTC

It would not be a wise decision as it might cause them to inhale the smoke and suffocate before they can put out the fire

Ayn, Hsiang Han, Si Xuan, Lyvia

hurul_ayn_muhamed_salim — 2024-04-04 02:10:20 UTC

In the overpowering heat, surrounded by soot and smoke, opening their mouth would make breathing difficult and snatch the moisture from their body causing them to suffocate and make their job harder