A game of polo

Question 1

‘wacky races’

Answer 1

Western cartoon, western POV

Question 2

We waited for eternity on the brow of the hill

Answer 2

Hyperbole.

Question 3

Zoom lens- Wobbly bicycle

Answer 3

The contrast in technology reflects contrast in worlds.

Question 4

Are they coming? -Coming, coming

Answer 4

Ambiguity in answer=lack of organisation.

Question 5

Men standing on top of their cars and vans, hanging out of taxis and perched on lorries.

Answer 5

List of active verbs=excitement and chaos

Question 6

Horns tooting, bells ringing

Answer 6

onomatoepiac sounds reflect excitement and chaos

Question 7

This was F1 without rules

Answer 7

Comparison to western world, Judgemental?

Question 8

-For it was a main road-

Answer 8

Parenthetical statement- reflects lawless.

Question 9

The hospital gate

Answer 9

Paradoxical- Should be a place of safety and order.

Question 10

And then the trouble began

Answer 10

Sense of irony, has there not already been trouble

Question 11

Voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising

Answer 11

Rule of three builds tension

Question 12

Swallowed up by the crowd

Answer 12

Personification-threatening environment.

Question 13

‘Officials’

Answer 13

Inverted commas=sarcastic tone-discredits them

Question 14

‘But I don’t even have my license yet because I’m underage.’

Answer 14

Structure=conclusion-Race was even more dangerous in hindsight.