Storm on the Island

• How can you link two quotes from Exposure to Storm on the Island?

  'but nothing happens'

  AND

  'it is a huge nothing we fear' both convey the pointlessness of sitting around and waiting for something to happen.

  'dawn massing in the east her melancholy army' AND

  'spits like a tame cat turned savage' both personify normally nice and pleasant things into things to fear using violent imagery
• How can you link two quotes from Exposure to Storm on the Island?

  'merciless iced winds that knive us' AND 'forgetting that it pummels your house too' both personify the weather and show its violent nature 'attacks once more in ranks of shivering grey' AND 'we are bombarded by the empty air' use military vocabulary to highlight the regimented attacks of the weather on humans and personify it
• What are four ways you can link Exposure to Storm on the Island?

  -both poems personify the weather to show its violence

  -both poems use military terminology to highlight the malicious regimented attacks of the weather

  -both poems use violent imagery and juxtaposition to personify things that normally have nice connotations with violence and malice

  -both poems convey the sense of pointlessness and boredom the people felt while waiting around for something to happen
• What quotes can you use to compare Exposure and Storm on the Island on the topic of the personification of the weather to demonstrate its violent nature?


  -merciless iced winds that knive us

  -attacks once more in ranks of shivering grey'

  -less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow'

  -forgetting that it pummels your house too

  -we are bombarded by the empty air

  -spits like a tame cat turned savage
• What quotes can you use to compare Exposure and Storm on the Island on the topic of the use of military language to highlight the regimented and merciless nature of the weather?


  -attacks once more in ranks of shivering grey

  -we are bombarded by the empty air
• What quotes can you use to compare Exposure and Storm on the Island on the topic of violent imagery and juxtaposition personifying things with pleasant connotations in a violent nature?

  -spits like a tame cat turned savage

  -dawn massing in the east her melancholy army
• What quotes can you use to compare Exposure and Storm on the Island on the topic of the sense of pointlessness and boredom the people feel while waiting for something to happen?

  -but nothing happens

  -strange, it is a huge nothing we fear