"Miss Trunchbull, the Headmistress, was something else altogether. She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster, who frightened the life out of pupils and teachers alike. There was an aura of menace about her even at a distance, and when she came up close you could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red hot rod of metal. When she marched – Miss Trunchbull never walked, she always marched like a storm trooper, with long strides and arms swinging when she marched along a corridor you could actually hear her snorting as she went, and if a group of children happened to be in her path, she ploughed right on through them like a tank, with small people bouncing off her to left and right. She was above all a most formidable female. She had once been a famous athlete, and even now the muscles were still clearly in evidence. You could see them in the bull neck, in the big shoulders, in the thick arms, in the sinewy wrists and in the powerful legs. Looking at her, you got the feeling that this was someone who could bend iron bars and tear telephone directories in half. Her face, I’m afraid, was neither a thing of beauty nor a joy for ever. She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. And as for her clothes…they were, to say the least, extremely odd. She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt. This belt was fastened in front with an enormous silver buckle. The massive thighs which emerged from out of the smock were encased in a pair of extraordinary breeches, bottle green in colour and made of coarse twill. These breeches reached to just below the knees and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn up tops, which displayed her calf muscles to perfection. On her feet she wore flat heeled brown brogues with leather flaps. She looked, in short, more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the staghounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children."
From the illustration and the text what do we know about Miss Trunchable?
What phrases in the text tell us about her character?
What did she look like?
How did she move?
What was her personality like?
What did she do?
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ReplyDeleteFrom the illustration and the text what do we know about Miss Trunchable?
ReplyDeleteMiss Trunchball was like a fierce monster who frightened the pupils and teachers. One would feel danger if they came close to her. She was a very angry sort of person. She never walked but marched with long arms and legs swinging along the corridors. As she walked, she snorted. Children would get afraid of her and move away from her path. She was very athletic and muscular all over her body.
What phrases in the text tell us about her character?
Red hot rod of metal means she was a very scary and angry type of person. Who could bend iron bars means she was very strong and powerful. Her face was very strict and terrifying.
What did she look like? She had arrogant eyes and a cruel mouth. Her clothes were extremely odd. She wore a brown cotton smock and a wide leather belt with a gigantic silver buckle. She wore bottle green breeches on her knees which showed off her sturdy calf muscles. She wore flat brown brogues on her feet. She did not look a kind head mistress, instead she looked like a blood thirsty hound.
How did she move?
She never walked, but she marched like a storm trooper. Children in her path would feel uncomfortable and move away.
What was her personality like?
Her personality was like that of a strong man’s. She was of a strong build and powerful body. She was rude, impolite, unkind and authoritarian.
What did she do?
She was a Head mistress who was monstrous, cruel and spiteful person.
Miss Trunchbull is not very nice with children and teachers. She is rude and a bully. She looks scary, horrible and terrible. Miss Trunchbull never walked she marched with little children bouncing of her. Her personality is of a horrible monster who likes to frighten people. She always frightened children. Everyone is scared of Miss Trunchbull.
ReplyDeleteby jasmeet bhamra
1.In the text it said "She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster."
ReplyDelete2. Gigantic holy terror, fierce tyrannical monster, aura of menace, a formidable female, you could almost feel the dangerous heat as from a red hot rod of steel.
3. You could see her muscles in her bull neck, the big shoulders, the thick arms, the sinewy wrists and the powerful legs.
4.When she marched- she never walked, she would marched like a storm trooper, with long strides and swinging arms.
5.She is very strict and very scary to talk to.
6.She was an athlete, but now she is the headmistress of a nice school.
From Arush (Great fire)
In the picture Miss Trunchbull is holding a child which makes her rude. She as tall as a giant and everyone is scared of her because she is so strong. Miss Trunchbull an athlete with big musles. She never walked instead she marched. If a child was in front of her she marched right through them like a tank. Miss Trunchbull’s personality is bad because she is mean, hurts other people and does not care about anybody except for herself. We know that she is cruel because in the text it says that she was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster, who frightened the life out of pupils and teachers. We also know that she is dangerous because it says you could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red hot rod of metal.
ReplyDelete1] From the given illustration and text it is known that Miss Trunchbull is a very rude, grumpy, scary, mean ,strong and odd looking person.
ReplyDelete2] The phrases that were used to describe her character are gigantic holy terror, fierce tyrannical monster, aura of menace, storm trooper, eccentric and bloodthirsty formidable female.
3] Miss Trunchbull had arrogant eyes, thick arms, sinewy wrists and powerful legs. she looked more like a eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the staghounds.
4] Miss Trunchbull never walked, but marched like a storm trooper with long strides and arms swinging and ploughed right through the children when she marched along the corridor.
5] Miss Trunchbull had an aura of menace even from a distance. People could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red hot rod of metal.
6] Miss Trunchbull was the headmistress of a nice school for children.
- Anum