Fill in the Blanks Alex Cold P1 Q3Online version AQA GCSE English P1Q3 Practice by Kris Ochedowski 1 divided place sense startled The text is into two parts that are linked by one character and an increasing of apprehension . At the beginning , the writer immediately establishes person , and time by focusing our attention on Alexander Cold waking in his bedroom ? at dawn , by a nightmare ? , before narrowing to the specific details of the dream , where a huge black bird ? carried off his mother ? . 2 half fearful family discover creates focus The use of the word ? startled ? in the first sentence an urgent , abrupt opening with a sense of immediacy , and this , together with a on the nightmare which follows , generates an atmosphere of unease in the reader that is carried over into the second of the text when Alex interacts with the rest of the at breakfast . Our focus then switches to Alex ? s reaction , and we that he feels it ? s going to be a bad day . 3 significance structurally reason beginning protect sentence symbol The key ? There had been a lot of days like that since his mother got sick ? is important because it is the first mention of his mother being ill . It takes us back to the nightmare at the and we now understand the of his mother being carried off : the black bird is a of death . In particular , the words ? watched helplessly ? take on a new meaning for the reader at this point in the text : possibly the Alex feels so bad is that he can do nothing to his mother .
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