Aunt Julia- Stanza 1

Question 1

“Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic”

Answer 1

.Declarative sentence
.This is effective as it makes clear the importance and impact of Aunt Julia as a figure in the speakers life. It immediately strongly connects her to Scottish heritage and tradition and how the speakers own heritage is reflected in their relationship and his regret of not learning to communicate with her.

Question 2

“very…very”

Answer 2

.Repetition
.This is effective as it makes clear that his extreme inability to successfully communicate with his Aunt Julia. He finds it a major struggle to fully understand and comprehend her use of the Gaelic language, because of the quick pace and intensity of her speech.

Question 3

“I could not”

Question 4

“I could not understand her”