Chinese Cinderella: Non Fictional Transactional

Question 1

Attitude of consternation towards her home/ in constant state of consternation
“Full of foreboding” -3
“Dare I let my guard down?”-3

Answer 1

• SUPERLATIVE accentuates unsettling feeling that she has towards her home
• emphasized by ALLITERATION
• description of her anticipation is STRUCTURED at the beginning of the clause to create tension and to also create anticipation in reader for what is to come next, keeps them engaged
• also suggests emphasis that her fearful state of mind is what occupies her mind and dictates her action
• Uses INTERROGTAIVES throughout the piece of writing
• asks a RHEOTORICAL QUESTION to herself, suggesting her uncertain state of mind and inner conflict
• SEMANTIC FIELD OF BATTLE- further connotes to a feeling of intense fear and a need to remain in defense

Question 2

Father is distant from towards her /hierarchy in their relationship
“Sit down!” “Sit down!”-3

“Summoned” “Holy of holies- “-5

Answer 2

• firstly represented though hierarchy, where Imperative shows his authoritative stance towards her,
• reader introduces their first interaction with the imperative towards her to implies the general hierarchy in the relationship
• REPETITION of phrase accentuates a need for authority, or alternatively could suggest distrust in her obedience or lack of rapport between them
• DYNAMIC VERB “summoned” implies authority of him over her
• allusion to inner sanctum where god dwelt with inner covenant
• overall use of religious diction implies a sense of hierarchy and accentuates her fear towards him
• emphasizes her fear and implies that it is not a usual occurrence to be invited inside
• dash afterwards imply the overwhelming emotion she feels after thinking about this that it is necessary to pause, and also creates more emphasis of it on the reader to accentuate the hierarchal relationship

Question 3

Little self esteem, and self esteem only comes form father
“Reach the stars” -3
“foolishly” timidly”-2

Answer 3

• writer using a series of NEGATIVE to describe herself suggesting that she has low self esteem.
• This engages the reader as we feel sympathy for her.
• HYPERBOLIC statement accentuates the overwhelming joy that she feels
• phrase is an ALLUSION to idiom “reach for the stars”, where her ambition has aroused only due to recognition from her father
• connotes to Chinese culture of dignity and reputation of family, writer highlights this to also inform audience

Question 4

Remains distant and detached

Answer 4

“Quiet and cold”
pathetic fallacy used to create a subdued tone, which mirrors her own self, and emulates the distance in the famiy
-)highlights how distant she is from her family
-short sentence highlights the subdued tone
-coordinate adjectives highlights the isolation

“I had forgotten”
-treated badly even by other characters
Use of speech highlights how vivid the memory is
The fact that speech is said to herself, highlights her loneliness