Considering structural choices

English

Language Skills - Fiction - Reading

What part of the text is this extract from?

Which one of the following is not a structural feature?

Is this statement true or false?  "When you look at the structure of a text you need to describe what happens first, next, then and finally."

What does Wells do at the end of the passage when he comments on the Time Traveller's view of Earth and makes us think about man's insignificance in the face of nature?

Complete the phrase to describe a structural technique - "combine external actions with __________ thoughts."

The extract contains a flashback account of what happened to the Time Traveller in his invention.

he couldn't try his machine as Mrs Watchett interrupted him

there are issues with the parts he needs for the machine

The extract is from the rising action of the novel.  In the passage we are introduced to a complication.  What is it?

he has knocked over a piece of furniture on his return

he notices the time on the clock has changed

he sees that it is now dark outside and it wasn't before

At first he is unsure that he has actually travelled in time at all.  What proves it to him?

How does Wells describe the sensations of time travel?  Select the correct quotation.

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