Analysis of Questions

Question A

First paragraph :
- The persona is
- shocked
- By the death of his younger brother.
- And is embarrassed that he was the eldest.
Second Paragraph :
- In Stanza 1, line 1 "I sat all morning in the college sick bay" shows that
- The speaker was shocked to study in the school after hearing the news during class
- And had sat in the sick bay while he waited for neighbour to fetch him.

Third Paragraph :
- In Stanza 2, line 2 tells us that the speaker was embarrassed
- Because he was the eldest
- and people were consolating him.

Fourth Paragraph
- Summing up the entire passage


Question B
First Paragraph :

- The writer used

- Repetition

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Second Paragraph

- The writer used repetition

- To show that the speaker was shocked

- And everyone was trying to comfort him

- Evidence : Stanza 3 line 3 – “shake my hand”

- Stanza 4 line 3 “ held my hand”

Last Paragraph

- Sums up the entire passage