Flamingo Prose Chapter 3 Deep Water English Core - Flamingo Prose Chapter 3 Deep Water

Then all effort ceased. I relaxed. Even my legs felt limp; and a blackness swept over my brain. It wiped
out fear; it wiped out terror. There was no more panic. It was quiet and peaceful. Nothing to be afraid of.
This is nice... to be drowsy... to go to sleep... no need to jump... too tired to jump... it’s nice to be carried
gently... to float along in space... tender arms around me... tender arms like Mother’s... now I must go to
sleep... I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.’

i. ‘blackness swept ..” means that the narrator
a. could not see any longer
b. lost consciousness
c. was in extreme fear.
d. lost all his strength.

ii. The narrator was glad for the ‘blackness’ that came upon him because .........

iii. The narrator need not any longer make any effort is brought out by
a. no more panic
b. no need to jump
c. float along
d. drowsy

iv. How was the experience of crossing to oblivion?
v. “the curtain of life fell” –
a. metaphor
b. allegory
c. simile
d. pun

vi. Douglas felt the warmth and safety of being in his mother’s arms when stopped
a. thinking
b. struggling
c. swimming
d. fearing

I struck at the water as I went down, expending my strength as one in a nightmare fights an irresistible
force. I had lost all my breath. My lungs ached, my head throbbed. I was getting dizzy. But I remembered the
strategy — I would spring from the bottom of the pool and come like a cork to the surface. I would lie flat
on the water, strike out with my arms, and thrash with my legs. Then I would get to the edge of the pool and
be safe.

i. Point out the word that tells that the narrator was consuming his physical power.

ii. The experience of drowning in the pool was like a ..............

iii. ‘lost my breath.... Lungs ached.... Head throbbed’ – emphasize the fact that water was ......................
a. overpowering
b. docile
c. energetic
d. passive

iv. Figure of speech in ‘come like a cork to the surface’.
a. comparison
b. simile
c. personification
d. metaphor

v. How would the narrator reach the edge of the pool?
vi. The author uses ‘be safe’ as his life was in ............... then. (Use a suitable word)