Key learning points

1. In this section of the book, Joseph learns from Mrs F that his father has died in the war.
2. Joseph goes through a range of emotions, including denial, anger and guilt.
3. The author uses descriptions of Joseph's actions, speech and thoughts to depict these emotions.
4. The author also makes specific language choices to enhance certain emotions.
5. We make inferences about emotions based on evidence within the text.

Keywords

• Emotions - strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood or relationships with others

• Infer - draw a conclusion from information and evidence in a text

• Evidence - information or facts to show something is true

• Language choices - particular words or phrases used by the author to convey a certain image or feeling

Common misconception