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IGCSE English Assignment 1
1. The term 'spinning up' meant telling a bedtime story.
2. The phrase 'the fisticuffs ladder' could be explained as the ranking of who was best in a fight.
3. The word used in paragraph 5 to show that the boys live in an institution is 'inmate'.
4. The first reason why the author's stories were more popular than the other boys was that most of the boys stories were frequently copied from films they had seen and on occasion books they had read. The second reason is that the author had his own books and found he was good at making up stories.
5. The first main point I found in paragraphs seven to twelve about the night time story telling was that they called telling stories 'spinning up' and they were allowed to do this for half an hour each night. Another point is that normally all the boys who told the stories used the plots from films and books they had seen. If the boys who were listening didn't like the story they would be beaten up.
6. The first phrase is 'pale faces looked down like moons from the sky', this gives the effect that the boys living there didn't enjoy it and seemed like they had no life left in them.
The second is 'The cosy days were over', which seems like the place they were wasn't very nice to live in.
7. The first reason that the author didn't have to fight other boys was because if he was beaten up there would be no story from him that night. The second reason is that the bigger boys protected him by getting rid of the threats.
8. (I) The writer means by 'an enclosed silence' is that the noises stopped. (ii) The writer means by 'desperately cobbling together' is that he was only just able to assemble stories.
9. The first detail to show violence was always at the surface of home is 'If it ain't any good you'll get bashed up as well' and the author showed this by while the boy was saying this he 'gave his victim a dismissive punch'.
The second detail is 'The boys had hardened themselves
1. The term 'spinning up' meant telling a bedtime story.
2. The phrase 'the fisticuffs ladder' could be explained as the ranking of who was best in a fight.
3. The word used in paragraph 5 to show that the boys live in an institution is 'inmate'.
4. The first reason why the author's stories were more popular than the other boys was that most of the boys stories were frequently copied from films they had seen and on occasion books they had read. The second reason is that the author had his own books and found he was good at making up stories.
5. The first main point I found in paragraphs seven to twelve about the night time story telling was that they called telling stories 'spinning up' and they were allowed to do this for half an hour each night. Another point is that normally all the boys who told the stories used the plots from films and books they had seen. If the boys who were listening didn't like the story they would be beaten up.
6. The first phrase is 'pale faces looked down like moons from the sky', this gives the effect that the boys living there didn't enjoy it and seemed like they had no life left in them.
The second is 'The cosy days were over', which seems like the place they were wasn't very nice to live in.
7. The first reason that the author didn't have to fight other boys was because if he was beaten up there would be no story from him that night. The second reason is that the bigger boys protected him by getting rid of the threats.
8. (I) The writer means by 'an enclosed silence' is that the noises stopped. (ii) The writer means by 'desperately cobbling together' is that he was only just able to assemble stories.
9. The first detail to show violence was always at the surface of home is 'If it ain't any good you'll get bashed up as well' and the author showed this by while the boy was saying this he 'gave his victim a dismissive punch'.
The second detail is 'The boys had hardened themselves