Look in detail at this extract, (If there are few moments in life that come as clear and as pure as ice, when the
mountain breathed back at her, Zoe knew that she had trapped one such moment
and that it could never be taken away. Everywhere was snow and silence. Snow and
silence, the complete arrest of life, a rehearsal and a pre-echo of death. She pointed
her skis down the hill. They looked like weird talons of brilliant red and gold in the
powder snow as she waited, ready to swoop. I am alive. I am an eagle.)

How does the writer use language here to describe Zoe's feelings?
You could include the writer's choice of:
• words and phrases
• language features and techniques
• sentence forms.
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