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The Journey North
Lesson Objective:
To be able to explain the writer’s use
of language to create tension
Drablow
• Drab
• Low
• What is the
significance of the
name ‘Drablow’?
Read until the end of the chapter
• What are your impressions of Mr Daily?
• Does Mr Daily leave Arthur any clues about
Mrs Drablow or Eel Marsh House?
Tension:
• When you can feel anticipation and a sense of
How has the author created tension with one of
foreboding
the quotes below?
‘For some reason then, I shuddered...’
‘feeling an unpleasant sensation of being isolated far from any human
dwelling, and trapped in this cold tomb of a railway carriage...’
‘There was a shriek from the train whistle.’
‘trying to see out into the darkness.’
Metaphorical?
‘disappeared into the darkness.’
Pick out a key word
Foreboding / foreshadowing
Place Names:
• Nine Lives Causeway
• Eel Marsh
• Grapemouth Tunnel
• What do you think is significant about the
names that Hill has given to the places
associated with Mrs Drablow?