Half past two

Question 1

‘Once upon a’

Answer 1

Evokes a sense of fairytales

Question 2

‘Schooltime’

Answer 2

Compound words convey the child’s lack of understanding and his young age

Question 3

‘Gettinguptime’ ‘tvtime

Answer 3

Compound words show his security in routine and how he is too young to have a full understanding of the concept of time

Question 4

‘Clockface’ ‘two long legs’

Answer 4

Personification emphasises his innocence

Question 5

‘Couldn’t click it’s language’

Answer 5

Onomatopoeia indicated how he doesn’t understand how a clock works and its foreign too him similar to if it were in another language

Question 6

‘Escaped’

Answer 6

Triumphant tone he got away from the confinements of the teachers punishments

Question 7

‘Into the’ x3

Answer 7

Anaphora symbolises a timeless void because time meant nothing to him as he could not comprehend it

Question 8

‘You’ll be late’

Answer 8

Changes in focus to him being able to return to normal time again