Chinese Cinderella-IGCSE Anthology Text

Identify the linguistic technique:

A possible typhoon...

• personification

• Pathetic fallacy

• hyperbole

• weather

Identify the linguistic technique:

...like a persistent toothache.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

Identify the linguistic technique:

"Adeline, didn't you hear me call you?" Hurry up downstairs!

• Irony

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Direct Speech

• None of the above

Identify the linguistic technique:

Full of foreboding...

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Fear

• hyperbole

Identify the part of speech:

he answered defensively...

• adjective

• preposition

• conjunction

• adverb

Identify the linguistic technique:

"Your guess is as good as mine."

• metaphor

• personification

• direct speech

• direct speech and simile

Where are we? I asked foolishly.

What does the adverb foolishly suggest here?

• She feels sad that she does not know this.

• She is devastated by her family's attitude.

• She feels ashamed of not knowing anything about her new house.

• She is excited to see her new house.

What type of atmosphere the following phrase creates?

my heart was full of dread...

• sense of fear

• sense of hope

• sense of achievement

• sense of loss

What does that suggest about the relationship between Adeline Yen Mah and her family, when the chauffeur told her about the new house?

"Your parents moved here a few months ago."

• family relationship

• healthy relationship

• She is reluctant to see them.

• distant relationship

What does the following description suggest about the house?

...it was quiet and cool.

• cold weather with eerie feeling

• big house with no proper heating system

• cold treatment by family- distant relationship

• They are rich and keep quiet all the time.