To infer how Perseus feels.
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The figures were very strange. There appeared to be warriors, dozens of them, but none were moving. Perseus studied a few closely and saw that they were all made of stone, so he decided they must simply be statues. But they were disturbingly lifelike, everything about them amazingly detailed, right down to the expressions of utter terror on their faces …
Suddenly, Perseus felt the hairs stand up on the back of his neck. The cold hand of fear gripped his heart. These weren't statues. They were warriors who had been turned to stone by the terrifying gaze of the Gorgon Medusa! And that meant she was probably somewhere nearby.
'Who comes to the home of Medusa?' a voice growled! 'Another hero seeking my head? Well, don't be shy, step forward and gaze upon me!'
Tony Bradman and Tony Ross: from The Orchard Book of Heroes and Villains (Orchard Books, 2008)
In this text you can tell that …
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Perseus feels hatred.
Perseus feels relaxed.
Perseus feels shy.
Perseus feels terror.
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- Read the question. Read it again. What is it asking?
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- Read the text again. Read all the choices then look at the first choice again. Does the text use vocabulary to indicate that Perseus feels hatred?
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No. There are no angry or hateful words.
- Gather clues that would tell you he is feeling relaxed.
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He is looking at the statues but I don't think he is relaxed as the hairs are standing up on his neck.
- Eliminate choices 1 and 2. Can you eliminate choices 3 or 4?
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Yes. I can eliminate choice 3 – Perseus doesn't feel shy. I will choose choice 4 'terror' as it says that, 'The cold hand of fear gripped his heart.'
- Answer the question by ticking box.
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4 is my answer.
- Check your answer.