the curious incident of the dog in the night time

Question 1

paragraph 1 (curious)

Q1

Answer 1

“I like Sherlock Holmes” –> intertextuality

New = “the dog is dead” –> truncated sentensing

Question 2

paragraph 1 (curious)

Q2

Answer 2

“I think prime numbers are like life.” –> simile

Question 3

paragraph 1(curious)

Q3

Answer 3

“… and …” –> polysyndeton

Question 4

Paragraph 2 (curious)

Q1

Answer 4

“when I first met Siobhan, she showed me this picture” –> pictographs

Question 5

Paragraph 2 (curious)

Q2

Answer 5

“held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. –> symbolism

Question 6

Paragraph 2 (curious)

Q3

Answer 6

“and there was a scratch on his neck … and he was breathing heavily” –> polysyndeton/visual imagery

Question 7

Paragraph 3 (curious)

Q1

Answer 7

“said I would only ever get a job collecting supermarket trollies or cleaning out donkey shit”

OR

“you are fucking weird mate” –> vulgar language + truncated sentence

Question 8

Paragraph 3 (curious)

Q2

Answer 8

“I am going to prove that I’m not stupid. Next month I’m going to take my A level in maths and I’m going to get an A grade.” –> anaphora

Question 9

Paragraph 3 (curious)

Q3

Answer 9

Special Needs! Special Needs!” –> irony