Reviewing text features in 'Born A Crime.'

Trevor Noah describes himself 'like a mouse in that house' when he was around Abel.

• Noah's use of a simile helps him portray what living with Abel is like.

• This is a recurring motif in the text for fear.

• This is an example of nomenclature.

The recurring motif of religion is used

• so Noah can express his condemnation of it,

• by Noah to explore the way it provides hope to a powerless and oppressed society.

• for humorous purposes.

The dehumanisation of black South Africans as part of the process of apartheid according to Noah,

• contributes to the violent behaviour exhibted by many black men towards women.

• empowers him.

• can be overcome through religion.

How does Patricia raise Trevor like 'a white child?'

• She gives him a non traditional name.

• She raises him believing the world is 'his oyster...that anything is possible.'

• She encourages him to have a relationship with Robert.

Noah frequently compares Abel to

• his father

• an animal, using figurative language to help him do this.

• his mother.

As a mixed race child in South Africa

• Trevor suffers from not having a sense of belonging to the people around him

• Trevor experiences first hand the division and hatred encouraged through apartheid.

• Trevor finds it easier to get white girlfriends.

Noah uses humour in the text to

• help him describe scenes that would otherwise be shocking for the reader.

• downplay the domestic violence he witnesses.

• remind us he is a successful comedian

'The black tax'

• is a metaphor for how difficult it is for black people to transcend poverty because of the structural disadvantage they face.

• is a tax black people have to pay imposed by apartheid.

• prevents black and white people from marrying.