A GAME OF POLO WITH A HEADLESS GOAT

Question 1

Form?

Answer 1

Travel writing and sporting journalism

Question 2

‘wacky races’

Answer 2

Chaotic race connotations

Question 3

‘we waited for eternity’

Answer 3

Hyperbole
Emotional state
Tense

Question 4

‘was a villager on a wobbly bicycle’

Answer 4

Humorous
Bathos/anti climatic

Question 5

‘fifty vehicles roaring’

Answer 5

Zoomorphism
Strong imagery
Shows the chaos and animalistic nature of the scene

Question 6

‘revved’

Answer 6

Lots of sensory language
Onomatopoeia
Immediate

Question 7

‘speeds of up to 40kph’

Answer 7

Information
Gives her authority

Question 8

‘perched’

Answer 8

Small and vulnerable
Dangerous sport

Question 9

‘horns tooting, bells ringing, and the special rattles’

Answer 9

Tricolon list
Present participle
Gives sense of immediacy and adds tension

Question 10

‘this was Formula One without rules or a city-centre rush hour’

Answer 10

Makes it relevant for western audience
Similes

Question 11

‘the two donkeys still running close’

Answer 11

Structurally set up race then the main race
Idea of two races

Question 12

‘and then the trouble began’

Answer 12

Incomplete sentence
Structure as race is over

Question 13

‘I assumed the winner…’

Answer 13

Structurally shows she is an outsider

Question 14

‘voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising’

Answer 14

Tricolon list
Indicates an increase in emotion and anger in crowd

Question 15

‘but I don’t even have my license yet’

Answer 15

Structurally chose to keep this from us
Humour
Sense of security because we know she is alright regardless