1.
Foreshadowing is an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. The
author of a mystery novel might use foreshadowing
in the early chapter of his book to give readers an inkling of an impending
murder.
I foreshadowed
that there will be a storm tomorrow.
2.
An
inference is what you think will happen usually really soon but foreshadowing
is what will happen in the fare future.
“Left?” she said, arching her brows. “But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr Temple is also here. They’re on the fourth floor, both of them together.”
3.
swanky
On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boarding house.
The name itself conjured up images of watery cabbage, rapacious landladies, and a powerful smell of kippers in the living room.
After dithering about like this in the cold for two or three minutes, Billy decided that he would walk on and take a look at The Bell and Dragon before making up his mind.
Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell.
The compulsion or, more accurately, the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong.
The old girl is slightly dotty, Billy told himself.
“Dear me,” she said, shaking her head and heaving a dainty little sigh.
There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.
There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.
Emanate
“Left?” she said, arching her brows. “But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr Temple is also here. They’re on the fourth floor, both of them together.”
3.
swanky
- They had porches and pillars and four or five steps going up to their front doors, and it was obvious that once upon a time they had been very swanky residences.
On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boarding house.
The name itself conjured up images of watery cabbage, rapacious landladies, and a powerful smell of kippers in the living room.
After dithering about like this in the cold for two or three minutes, Billy decided that he would walk on and take a look at The Bell and Dragon before making up his mind.
Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell.
The compulsion or, more accurately, the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong.
The old girl is slightly dotty, Billy told himself.
“Dear me,” she said, shaking her head and heaving a dainty little sigh.
There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.
There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory.
Emanate
To give out, a breath or an odour.
A pleased and satisfied look came over his countenance as the cooking odours emanating from the kitchen became more pronounced.
Malevolent
Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others.
The man before him did not speak, but those glittering eyes—burning, malevolent, ominous—seemed to cry out with surprise, hatred, and threats.
Naive
Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity.
But many nuns are highly educated, well-travelled and sophisticated, not naive and cloistered.
Gullible
Easily tricked because of being too trusting.
Kids are more impulsive, gullible, and trusting, and don’t focus as much on long-term consequences.
Beguiling
Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
Kids of all ages are riveted, in the palm of his gently beguiling hand.
4.
“It said BED AND BREAKFAST. There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice.”
This shows an example of sight. This helps to tell the story by telling us what Billy sees.
“Billy started sipping his tea. She did the same. For half a minute or so, neither of them spoke.”
This shows an example of hearing. This helps to tell the story by telling us what the characters hear.
Stuffing her pets and stuffing people she murdered (Poison).
“The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.”
“He put out a hand and touched it gently on the top of its back. The back was hard and cold, and when he pushed the hair to one side with his fingers, he could see the skin underneath, greyish black and dry and perfectly preserved.”
6.
“Not in the least,” she said. “I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away. Will you have another cup of tea?”
“No, thank you,” Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.
“You did sign the book, didn’t you?”
“Oh, yes.”
“That’s good. Because later on, if I happen to forget what you were called, then I could always come down here and look it up. I still do that almost every day with Mr. Mulholland and Mr. . . .
Mr. . . .”
This is the climax of this story were you notice the big turnaround, hence the; “The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and didn’t care much of it.”
I didn’t realised that she was a murderer until I understood ‘the bitter almonds’ phrase.
7.
After I understood that the burnt almonds were poison I really wanted to read on- unfortunately the story ended and I didn’t appreciate that. (I enjoyed the story even before I knew what the smell of burnt almonds meant, even after I understood what it meant I still liked the story but I didn’t understand the story properly.)
8.
Even though I like stories with cliff hangers I think that this story has a too much cliff hanger in it. That is why I dislike the story especially the ending.
4.
“It said BED AND BREAKFAST. There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice.”
This shows an example of sight. This helps to tell the story by telling us what Billy sees.
“Billy started sipping his tea. She did the same. For half a minute or so, neither of them spoke.”
This shows an example of hearing. This helps to tell the story by telling us what the characters hear.
5.
Stuffing her pets and stuffing people she murdered (Poison).
“The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.”
“He put out a hand and touched it gently on the top of its back. The back was hard and cold, and when he pushed the hair to one side with his fingers, he could see the skin underneath, greyish black and dry and perfectly preserved.”
6.
“Not in the least,” she said. “I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away. Will you have another cup of tea?”
“No, thank you,” Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.
“You did sign the book, didn’t you?”
“Oh, yes.”
“That’s good. Because later on, if I happen to forget what you were called, then I could always come down here and look it up. I still do that almost every day with Mr. Mulholland and Mr. . . .
Mr. . . .”
This is the climax of this story were you notice the big turnaround, hence the; “The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and didn’t care much of it.”
I didn’t realised that she was a murderer until I understood ‘the bitter almonds’ phrase.
7.
After I understood that the burnt almonds were poison I really wanted to read on- unfortunately the story ended and I didn’t appreciate that. (I enjoyed the story even before I knew what the smell of burnt almonds meant, even after I understood what it meant I still liked the story but I didn’t understand the story properly.)
8.
Even though I like stories with cliff hangers I think that this story has a too much cliff hanger in it. That is why I dislike the story especially the ending.
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