Chinese Cinderella Flashcards
Language techniques
-Slips into present tense to show her thoughts at the time
‘Is it possible? Am I dreaming?’
-Use of repetition/imperative by her father
‘sit down! sit down!’ Commanding tone, indicating impatience/vigour. Exclamation mark highlights demand
-Rhetorical questions to show writer’s doubt and tension:
‘Is this a giant ruse on his part to trick me?’ Shows that she is accustomed to her father’s cruel/ insensitive behaviour
-As well as surprise and joy, ‘am I dreaming?’
- Use of punctuation and short sentences:
- increase tension, emphasises emotion, develops thoughts and feelings of characters
- Starts in the past tense, moves through present tense and ends with past tense
- adds immediacy
-Figurative language, use of similes
‘…like a persistent toothache’ coveys her worry
‘like entering heaven’ expresses her joy
Adeline’s feeling before meeting her father
-Her first reaction on hearing he wants to see her
‘I was overwhelmed’
-She suggests her father’s room is uniquely special, a place to be revered, and where few, if any is admitted
‘the Holy place of Holies’, ‘I had never been invited’
-Her feelings as she enters the room
‘timidly’ , ‘I became uneasy’
Adeline’s feeling as she meets her father
-He is commanding
‘pointed to a chair’
-He is reassuring
‘don’t look so scared’, ‘well done!’, ‘looking relaxed’
-Their relationship lacks warmness and closeness:
- She expects to be tricked by him as he was being nice
‘Dare I let my guard down?’ Doubting whether she could expect any good news and wondering if she should be emotionally prepared for something disappointing - Formal relationship
‘sit down! sit down!’ - Used to being ordered around by her father. She was grateful even though she didn’t get exactly what she wanted.
She thanked him ‘very, very much’ - No physical contact e.g hugs
- Not active in each other’s lives, didn’t know she entered competition
- ‘For once, he was proud of me’
