Answers: The Dragon's Playground
a.i) Metaphor - comparing the children to food items.
One of the following examples is required:
a.ii) She uses the metaphor to make the children appear as desirable food items. She uses the words associated with wholesomeness in relation to food - eg "delicacy", "fleshy morsel", "plump", "pink", "young", "fresh", and "ripe". Lines 12-13 focus on the human appearance of the children - white teeth, golden hair and glowing skin - but this focus changes in lines 14-16 where they are viewed solely as food items.
b) The children's feelings about the dragon are revealed through thier actions - eg they climb into its mouth "and grin, gripping broken teeth" (line 3), showing they are totally unafraid. Their feelings are also revealed through the poets descriptions of the children's shoes and the dragon's teeth - eg the children's 'rubber soles indented by/worn off fangs" (lines 5-6) show that they are familiar with the dragon and love playing inside it, and the dragon's "broken teeth - /no longer sharp" (lines 3-4) and it's "worn off fangs" (line 6) indicate it has been well-loved by the children.
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One of the following examples is required:
- "They'd be a delicacy." (line 14);
- "Each fleshy morsel, plump, pink limbs, so young and fresh and ripe" (line 15-16)
a.ii) She uses the metaphor to make the children appear as desirable food items. She uses the words associated with wholesomeness in relation to food - eg "delicacy", "fleshy morsel", "plump", "pink", "young", "fresh", and "ripe". Lines 12-13 focus on the human appearance of the children - white teeth, golden hair and glowing skin - but this focus changes in lines 14-16 where they are viewed solely as food items.
b) The children's feelings about the dragon are revealed through thier actions - eg they climb into its mouth "and grin, gripping broken teeth" (line 3), showing they are totally unafraid. Their feelings are also revealed through the poets descriptions of the children's shoes and the dragon's teeth - eg the children's 'rubber soles indented by/worn off fangs" (lines 5-6) show that they are familiar with the dragon and love playing inside it, and the dragon's "broken teeth - /no longer sharp" (lines 3-4) and it's "worn off fangs" (line 6) indicate it has been well-loved by the children.
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