COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A PLUS DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
PRACTICE PACKAGE
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Freedom/The comfort of home
Simile, symbolism.
Answer: 'The train's shadow, like a bird's
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Freedom/The comfort of home
Alliteration, Denotation, Internal focalisation.
Answer: 'I rise into the mirror rested. I'll leave my hair ruffled a bit'
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Appreciation for the Everyday - Triumph of nature over manmade
objects
Juxtaposition.
Answer: 'Sunlight rotating off the drab carpet'
, ◉ Journey, The North Coast
Appreciation for the Everyday
Allusion, juxtaposition.
Answer: 'Everything done, press down'
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Connection to the land
Imagery, Allusion.
Answer: 'Banks of fern, a red bank, full of roots, over dark creeks,
where logs are fallen, and blackened tree trunks
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Connection to the land
Diction, Caesura.
Answer: 'And now the country bursts open to the sea -'
◉ Journey, The North Coast
Connection to the land
Intertextuality/Allusion.
Answer: Down these slopes move, as a nude descends a staircase,
slender white eucalyptus'