Writer's Effect Short Questions - The Blind Man by Kate Chopin

Q2 a) Identify a word or a phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words underlined:

i) The blind man was trying hard to get through the gates

ii) His wandering led him to the street with tramcars.

iii) The tramcar moved with great force.

iv) The accident caused a disturbance.

2b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words underlined:

And the horror grew when the mesmerised multitude recognized in the dead and mangled figure one of the wealthiest, most useful and most influential men of the town, a man noted for his prudence and foresight.

i) multitude:

2c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer conveys the shocking nature of sight.

Use your own words in your explanation

And the horror grew when the mesmerised multitude recognized in the dead and mangled figure one of the wealthiest, most useful and most influential men of the town, a man noted for his prudence and foresight. Explain for horror grew.

Use your own words in your explanation

And the horror grew when the mesmerised multitude recognized in the dead and mangled figure one of the wealthiest, most useful and most influential men of the town, a man noted for his prudence and foresight. Explain for mesmerised multitude.

Use your own words in your explanation

And the horror grew when the mesmerised multitude recognized in the dead and mangled figure one of the wealthiest, most useful and most influential men of the town, a man noted for his prudence and foresight. Explain for mangled figure.