2. ‘I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me; I stood fixed, gazing intently; I could not be mistaken. A flash of lightning illuminated the object and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly armed me that it was the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had given life. What did he there? Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air.’
From Frankenstein by Mary Shelley PUNCTUATION
Rewrite and punctuate this passage from the Jane Eyre extract without referring back to it. When you have finished, check your answer with the extract and highlight any punctuation corrections that you missed. Hint: The author uses three semi-colons, two colons, ten commas and four full stops.
while I paced softly on the last sound I expected to hear in so still a region a laugh struck my ear it was a curious laugh distinct formal mirthless I stopped the sound ceased only for an instant it began again louder for at first though distinct it was very low it passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber though it originated but in one and I could have pointed out the door whence the accents issued
Setting is one important way of establishing genre. Pick a setting from a novel you have studied 1 and write one paragraph explaining why this setting is so important to establishing the genre.
