The drained pool
Without water, the swimming pool looked smaller and much deeper. Its blue tiles climbed towards the windows in straight, unforgiving rows. A whistle lay beside the lifeguard’s chair, and the lane ropes had been coiled into bright heaps. Beth remembered voices striking the roof and coming back louder. Now her footsteps travelled ahead of her, knocking against the bare walls. At the deep end, a dark line marked where the water had once rested. Above it, the starting blocks faced a hollow rectangle. She could not remember the pool ever being so easy to see or so difficult to recognise.
Analyse how the writer uses language to convey the change in the swimming pool. Support your answer with evidence.
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE English Language 3.1 Critical reading and comprehension, covering 3.1.1 Identify and interpret themes, ideas and information, 3.1.2 Read in different ways for different purposes, 3.1.3 Draw inferences and justify with evidence, 3.1.4 Support a point of view using textual evidence, 3.1.5 Identify bias and misuse of evidence, 3.1.6 Reflect critically and evaluatively using context, 3.1.7 Recognise different responses to a text, 3.1.8 Identify the main theme or themes, 3.1.9 Summarise ideas and information from a single text, 3.1.10 Synthesise from more than one text, 3.1.11 Explain how vocabulary and grammar create impact, 3.1.12 Analyse and evaluate form and structure, and 3.1.13 Compare texts critically. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.