mrs midas quotes

Question 1

What is the analyze of ‘’???

Question 2

What is the analyze of ‘’???

Question 3

What is the analyze of ‘’???

Question 4

What is the analyze of ‘It was late September’???

Question 5

What is the analyze of ‘I’d just poured a glass of wine, begun
to unwind’???

Question 6

What is the analyze of ‘The kitchen
filled with the smell of itself, relaxed, its steamy breath
gently blanching the windows.’???

Question 7

What is the analyze of ‘my fingers wiped the other’s glass like a brow’???

Question 8

What is the analyze of ‘He was standing under the pear tree snapping a twig’???

Question 9

What is the analyze of ‘Now the garden was long and the visibility poor’???

Question 10

What is the analyze of ‘’???

Question 11

What is the analyze of ‘’???

Question 12

What is the analyze of ‘He came into the house. The doorknobs gleamed.
He drew the blinds. You know the mind;’???

Answer 12

Two short sentences show how
quickly he changed things.

Question 13

What is the analyze of ‘the Field of the Cloth of Gold’???

Answer 13

A meeting in Calais between Kings of
England and France - both built lavish
palaces embellished with golden cloth.

Question 14

What is the analyze of ‘He sat in that chair like a king on a burnished throne.’???

Answer 14

Simile - has the power of a
king but can’t control it.
“Burnished” - polished

Question 15

What is the analyze of ‘The look on his face was strange, wild, vain. ‘???

Answer 15

He realises the power he’s been
given and doesn’t know how to
cope

Question 16

What is the analyze of ‘What in the name of God is going on? He started to laugh’???

Answer 16

Question shows Mrs Midas
can’t understand and they
find it humorous - contrast
to later

Question 17

What is the analyze of ‘I served up the meal. For starters, corn on the cob’???

Answer 17

Tries to inject a sense of
normality by using a
matter of fact tone

Question 18

What is the analyze of ‘Within seconds he was spitting out the teeth of the rich’???

Answer 18

Metaphor - the corn has turned
to gold - adds to comical tone

Question 19

What is the analyze of ‘He toyed with his spoon, then mine, then with the knives, the forks’???

Answer 19

List shows how many
things he was turning -
even simple act of dining
became difficult

Question 20

What is the analyze of ‘I poured with shaking hand’???

Question 21

What is the analyze of ‘as he picked up the glass, goblet, golden chalice, drank’???

Answer 21

Alliteration/list - to show quick
progression of the object
transforming - harsh sound of “g”
highlights seriousness of “gift