Question

Paper 2 Question 3

How does the writer use language to describe how he feels.

The terrible sliding stopped, and I hung silently against the slope. Three faint tugs trembled the taut rope, and I hopped up on to my leg. A wave of nausea and pain swept over me. I was glad of the freezing blasts of snow biting into my face. My head cleared as I waited for the burning to subside from my knee. Several times I had felt it twist sideways when my boot snagged. There would be a flare of agony as the knee kinked back, and parts within the joint seemed to shear past each other with a sickening gristly crunch. I had barely ceased sobbing before my boot snagged again. At the end my leg shook uncontrollably. I tried to stop it shaking, but the harder I tried, the more it shook. I pressed my face into the snow, gritted my teeth, and waited. At last it eased.

Answer 1

freezing blasts of snow biting into my face

Step-by-step explanation:

This is personification. Snow cannot bite. Biting is a painful, violent and vigorous act that leaves marks. He is showing how painful the snow is against his face and giving the snow human actions. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

these are just some ideas im not too sure if this is the correct extract.