Chinese Cinderella Flashcards
What device is ‘like a persistent toothache’
Simile thought of leaving school is painful and persistent
What device is ‘typhoon’
Symbol foreshadowing up upheaval in her life
What device is ‘relentlessly’
Adverb negative connotations implies she’s nit looking forward to the end of term
What could you infer from ‘at the back of my mind’
She doesn’t talk to her friends about her feelings and tries to repress them
What could you infer from ‘who had died this time’
That she sees her family rarely and on,y in serious and important circumstances
Would could you infer from ‘they give the orders I carry them out’
That her parents are controlling and think they are superior to staff
What could you infer from ‘where are we?’ and ‘elegant villa’
That there is an emotional distance and estrangement from her family and that they have moved without informing her so the house is not her home.
What device is ‘timidly’
Fronted adverbial she is slightly frightened by her father
What could you infer from ‘holy of holies’
It is imagery and that there is a religious or godly feel to the father and he wants to be worshipped.
What device is ‘is this a giant ruse on his part to trick me?’ And ‘Dare I let my guard down?’
Rhetorical question shows her unease
What device is ‘sit down!’ ‘Sit down!’
Short exclamatory sentences show lack of emotional wamth, business like
What could we link ‘London,England’ too
To the end because that is where she wants to go to university
What device is ‘Is it possible?’ ‘Am I dreaming?’ ‘Me a winner?’
Succession of rhetorical questions. Single sentence para emphasises her disbelief
What could we infer from ‘I was quite please to tell him you are my daughter’
That he is boasting and taking credit for her successes and there is irony because he never sees her
What device is ‘stretch out my hand and reach the stars’
Hyperbolic metaphor
Makes her feel she can achieve anything now she has her fathers approval
