Family Cat Flashcards
1
Q
‘She feels motherhood’s an experience that a woman ought to experience fully’ Maggie about Mae
A
Stative verb feels- implies Maggie does not share this belief
2
Q
‘All my family ever had was family’ Maggie
A
adverbial degree ‘all’- without money relationships become more important
3
Q
‘Maggie you just don’t like children’
A
declarative- it’s Maggie’s fault they’re childless
4
Q
‘Screaming tribe’
A
Collective noun ‘tribe’ connotations of being uncivilised
5
Q
‘Where’s Brick? Where’s my only son?’
A
Pre-modifying adjective only isolating Gooper from family
6
Q
‘She slams and locks door fiercely’ M
A
SD, syndetic pair of dynamic verbs. Adverb of manner ‘fiercely’ Maggie shuts out Brick’s family; she feels humiliated not meeting societies expectations.
