ENGLISH LANGUAGE MS ZOHFISHAN BHATTI

A READING SILENCE
1. Explain the ways in which Francis became ‘about as absent as a present person could be’
when he was reading. [3]
2. What were the ‘holes in the text’ which Francis came up against in his reading, and how did
he deal with them? [2]
3. Why did Francis enjoy reading Swallows and Amazons? [1]
4. Explain in your own words what it was that Francis wanted most of all from books? [2]
5. Identify one simile and one metaphor from the passage. [2]

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