Chinese Cinderella

Question 1

Saturday again. Eight weeks more

Answer 1

Conscious of time passing, dreading school ending.

Question 2

Forever

Answer 2

Melodramatic

Question 3

Outside it was hot and there was a warm wind blowing. The radio warned of a possible typhoon the next day

Answer 3

Pathetic fallacy- increased tension= dread of going back home.

Question 4

Leaving school throbbed at the back of my mind like a persistent toothache

Answer 4

Simile

Question 5

Your chauffeur is waiting to take you home

Answer 5

Implies wealth/disconnect with family. Not a family member.

Question 6

Who had died this time

Answer 6

Suggests only brought home for this

Question 7

‘Your guess is as good as mine’

Answer 7

Parallel with the driver, she is in the same position as the driver at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Question 8

Short drive

Answer 8

Abandonment

Question 9

the chauffeur replied rudely

Answer 9

Bottom of the hierarchy below the driver

Question 10

Where are we, I had forgotten -that they moved

Answer 10

reflects distance with family

Question 11

inside, it was quiet and cool

Answer 11

Pathetic fallacy- a loveless home.

Question 12

Summoned, holy of holies

Answer 12

Hierarchy-god like

Question 13

See me in his room?

Answer 13

question =disbelief

Question 14

……….. Someone we both know, I think

Answer 14

LAck of confidence in her, doesn’t know his own daughter and what she is up to and her actions.

Question 15

Is it possible? Am I dreaming? Me, the winner

Answer 15

A Series of questions reflects low self-esteem.

Question 16

Is this winner….. related to you?

Answer 16

Dad doesn’t speak of his daughter.

Question 17

I was quite pleased to tell him you are my daughter

Answer 17

implies only pleased because of her achievements

-quite

Question 18

For once, he was proud of me

Answer 18

Subordinate clause- rarety

Question 19

How come you one

Answer 19

Italics of you= disbelief.

Question 20

Does it matter what you do after you get to heaven

Answer 20

hyperbole, intense happiness

Question 21

he scoffed, who is going to read your writing

Answer 21

belittling tone.

Question 22

I waited in silence. I did not wish to contradict him

Answer 22

Shot sentence and para- reflects hesistation.

Question 23

you will, you will, you will

Answer 23

repetition of modal verb- list of commands, she does not have a choice.

Question 24

Wordsworth’s poem

Answer 24

Irony, thinks like a writer.