The storm drain
By noon, the narrow street carried a river the colour of weak tea. Leaves turned in the drain’s black mouth, caught and released, caught and released. Water climbed the first step of the corner shop. Mrs Sen pushed a rolled towel against the door, but the towel darkened almost immediately. Across the road, a child’s red ball nudged the kerb and drifted on. The rain no longer seemed to fall in separate drops. It pressed on the roofs with one continuous weight. Mrs Sen stood with her hand on the useless towel, listening for the council van.
Analyse how the writer uses language to convey the growing threat of the flood. 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.