Chinese Cinderella

Question 1

Language techniques

Answer 1

-Slips into present tense to show her thoughts at the time
‘Is it possible? Am I dreaming?’

-Use of repetition/imperative by her father
‘sit down! sit down!’ Commanding tone, indicating impatience/vigour. Exclamation mark highlights demand

-Rhetorical questions to show writer’s doubt and tension:
‘Is this a giant ruse on his part to trick me?’ Shows that she is accustomed to her father’s cruel/ insensitive behaviour
-As well as surprise and joy, ‘am I dreaming?’

• Use of punctuation and short sentences:
• increase tension, emphasises emotion, develops thoughts and feelings of characters
• Starts in the past tense, moves through present tense and ends with past tense
• adds immediacy

-Figurative language, use of similes
‘…like a persistent toothache’ coveys her worry
‘like entering heaven’ expresses her joy

Question 2

Adeline’s feeling before meeting her father

Answer 2

-Her first reaction on hearing he wants to see her
‘I was overwhelmed’

-She suggests her father’s room is uniquely special, a place to be revered, and where few, if any is admitted
‘the Holy place of Holies’, ‘I had never been invited’

-Her feelings as she enters the room
‘timidly’ , ‘I became uneasy’

Question 3

Adeline’s feeling as she meets her father

Answer 3

-He is commanding
‘pointed to a chair’

-He is reassuring
‘don’t look so scared’, ‘well done!’, ‘looking relaxed’

-Their relationship lacks warmness and closeness:

1. She expects to be tricked by him as he was being nice
   ‘Dare I let my guard down?’ Doubting whether she could expect any good news and wondering if she should be emotionally prepared for something disappointing
2. Formal relationship
   ‘sit down! sit down!’
3. Used to being ordered around by her father. She was grateful even though she didn’t get exactly what she wanted.
   She thanked him ‘very, very much’
4. No physical contact e.g hugs
5. Not active in each other’s lives, didn’t know she entered competition
6. ‘For once, he was proud of me’