Analysing language and structure in C19th prose

Complete the answer to the following exam-style question about the short extract from Jane Eyre that you have just looked at by choosing the correct option from each drop-down menu.

In these lines, how does the writer use language and structure to show the reaction of Jane to the fire?

It is clear from the very start of the extract that Jane is horrified by the fire. The metaphor simile description( metaphor, simile, description ) combined with the personification onomatopeia punctuation( personification, onomatopeia, punctuation ) 'tongues of flame' in the opening sentence indicates that Jane feels threatened by afraid of worried by( threatened by, afraid of, worried by ) the fire in the same way she would feel threatened by a wild creature but instead of fleeing the danger she takes immediate action to fight it.

The passage moves from her immediate sense of horror dumb-struck horror first sighting of the fire( immediate sense of horror, dumb-struck horror, first sighting of the fire ) to her purposeful actions as she finds water from wherever she can to put out the flames. She moves wanders goes( moves, wanders, goes ) from Mr Rocherster's room where she had found th e'basin and ewer . . . filled with water' back to her own room. The verbs nouns tenses( verbs, nouns, tenses ) used in this section , 'rushed' and 'flew' convey the sense of urgency horror fear( urgency, horror, fear ) and her understanding of the danger that she and Mr Rochester is in however, there is no sense of panic here; she is acting speedily rather than hastily.

The passage builds to a climax ends when concludes with( builds to a climax, ends when, concludes with ) when Jane returns with the water from her own room and 'baptise(s)' the bed with it. The religious exaggerated descriptive( religious, exaggerated, descriptive ) language in the final part of the passage make it clear that Jane feels the fire has been started as an act of evil by the devil by accident( as an act of evil, by the devil, by accident ) and a further reference to being aided by God connotes shows tells us( connotes, shows, tells us ) that Jane and Mr Rochester are innocent victims with Jane presented very much as a saintly saviour who defeats evil.

The initial metaphor and personification of the fire as a savage beast deliberately trying to harm and destroy is revisited used again repeated( revisited, used again, repeated ) at the very end of the passage with the use of the verb phrase word( the verb, phrase, word )' devouring' to describe how the the flames were acting. It develops the idea and reinforces the impression that the intention of the fire whole thing the situation( intention of the fire, whole thing, the situation ), and whoever started it, was to destroy.