A game of polo with a headless goat

Question 1

Wacky races

Answer 1

Humorous reference to cartoon - illustrates how comical and unusual the race is

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Repetition - introduces subject of the extract

Question 3

Fired up

Answer 3

Imagery - excited about race

Question 4

Eternity

Answer 4

Hyperbole - impatient and fed up because nothing exciting seems to be happening. She feels ‘silly’ with her zoom lense - no race to photograph at this point

Question 5

Beginning to lose faith

Answer 5

Phrase - writer - contrast to guides who are still confident race will take place

Question 6

Approaching

Answer 6

Adjective - builds suspense as it informs the reader that the donkey carts are nearing

Question 7

Neck-and-neck

Answer 7

Phrase - emphasises how close the two leaders are - build tension

Question 8

Exactly

Answer 8

Adverb - shows her admiration for his driving skills

Question 9

City centre rush hour gone anarchic

Answer 9

Analogy/ imagery - allows western readers to relate and visualise it

Question 10

Survival of the fittest

Answer 10

Phrase from evolutionary science (Darwin) - implies Yaqoob despite his youth is still a superior driver

Question 11

Nerves of steel

Answer 11

Metaphor - she admires his temperament as well as his skill

Question 12

Sharp

Answer 12

Adjective - skill as driver

Question 13

Yaqoob loved it

Answer 13

(STRUCTURE) short sentence - emphasises Yaqoob is enjoying it.

Question 14

Colourful

Answer 14

Euphemism for swearing - Yaqoob is impatient

Question 15

Tumbled and swerved

Answer 15

Dynamic verbs - near collision - climax

Question 16

The race was over

Answer 16

Short declarative sentence - anticlimax of the race

Question 17

Trouble

Answer 17

Noun - emphasises how chaotic the aftermath of the crash was

Question 18

Voices were raised, fists were out, and tempers rising

Answer 18

Tricolon - anger and threatened violence

Question 19

Ordering

Answer 19

Verb - they are protective of the writer

Question 20

Starting to get nasty

Answer 20

Phrase - concerned for writers safety

Question 21

Underage!

Answer 21

Exclamatory sentence - delights in illegal act and enjoyed the thrill

Question 22

Hilarious

Answer 22

Adjective - they find it amusing, writer doesn’t. She has the maturity to see the consequences of an inexperienced driver taking the wheel.