To kill a mockingbird
Question 1 Explore how the writer presents the snail in this poem. In your answer, you should consider the writer’s: • descriptive skills • choice of language • use of form and structure. Support your answer with examples from the poem. (Total for Question 1 = 20 marks) Mark Scheme Examiners should be alert to a variety of responses and should reward points that are clearly based on evidence from the text. Evidence of a degree of personal response must be given. It is not sufficient to summarise or paraphrase, nor is it sufficient simply to list literary devices. The writer’s descriptive skills: • the speaker describes the snail moving slowly through wet grass at night. The ordinary movement of the snail is presented as mysterious and powerful • nature is described vividly and imaginatively. The grass becomes a “green / night”, making the garden seem large, dark and almost dangerous from the snail’s perspective • the snail’s trail is described as a “bright path”, creating...