Search for my tongue

Question 1

‘You’ ‘I ask you’

Answer 1

Direct address and engages to reader and invited you to understand her experience of be able to speak in 2 languages

Question 2

‘Two tongues in your mouth’

Answer 2

Metaphor shows the discomfort of her situation and how it stresses her out having to speak and understand more than one language

Question 3

‘Rot, rot and die ’

Answer 3

Imagery that relate to death and repetition emphasises her fear of forgetting her first language

Question 4

‘Spit it out’

Answer 4

Harsh consonants mirror the constant fight for her two languages and how difficult it is for her to hold onto her identity and language

Question 5

‘Grows’

Answer 5

Repetition which is a direct contrast to the image of death

Question 6

‘Stump’ ‘shoot’ ‘bud’ ‘blossoms’

Answer 6

Floral imagery and contrasts to images of death

Question 7

‘Ties the other Tongue in knots’

Answer 7

Triumphant tone and expresses how she thinks her mother tongue had taken won over the other toy he snd shows how she thinks it’s beautiful