Tuesday, 29 September 2015

The Landlady 1-3

1) Foreshadowing- Foreshadowing is when there is warning of what's going to happen in the future.
 ˝He was in the act of stepping back and turning away from the window when all at once his eye was caught and held in the most peculiar manner by the small notice that was there. BED AND BREAKFAST, it said. BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST. Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell.˝He didnt want to go to that house, he wanted to go to The Bell and Dragon but the sign ˝made˝ him go there. I think that house is dangerous or the lady is a murderer.

2) Foreshadowing is different than inferences because foreshadowing is like a warning to the future and inferences are what we can get a conclusion from a fact.
“Excuse me,” he said, “but is there a fairly cheap hotel not too far away from here?” 
From this we can guess that Billy doesn't have a lot of money.

3)
a) They had porches and pillars and four or five steps going up to their front doors, and it was obvious that once upon a time they had been very swanky residences.
I got these swanky new shoes.

b)On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boardinghouse.
After dinner they were more congenial.

c) The name itself conjured up images of watery cabbage, rapacious landladies, and a powerful smell of kippers in the living room.

d) After dithering about like this in the cold for two or three minutes, Billy decided that he would walk on and take a look at The Bell and Dragon before making up his mind.
The girl dithered for a while, but she decided to wear the black dress.

e)  Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell.
The boy compelled the girls to come to his birthday party at his house.

f) The compulsion or, more accurately, the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong.
The tests grade is 25% of the end of years grade so she felt a compulsion to study more.

g) The old girl is slightly dotty, Billy told himself.
The girl started talking to herself in the middle of the class, I think she is a bit dotty.

h) There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.
The smell of my neighbours barbecue was tantalizing.

i)  There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.




The smell of their cigarettes lingered in my room for days.

j) Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person.
I cook so badly the smell emanates into my neighbours house then they call me to shut my windows so the smell wont go outside.

k) Malevolent is when someone wants something bad to happen to others. The malevolent ghost was haunting the little girl.

l) Naive is a person who is simple or inexperienced.
The little boy was so naive he believed everything he read.
m) Gullible is when a person is tricked easily or is too trusting
"Don't be so gullible you fell straight into my trap!" Said the Wicked Witch.

n) Beguiling is an attractive person.
A very beguiling customer came into my flower shop the other day.