I ask my Mother to Sing
Who is the speaker of the poem?
This poem’s speaker listens to his mother and grandmother sing about China.
Who is Todd?
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause. One verb and one subject.
What technique is used in this sentence: "Sing like young girls"
Simile
A pause created by a piece of punctuation is called what?
Caesura
What is Peking?
The city the speaker has “never been in.”
Why dies in the story?
The Grandmother
What sentence type is this: "Mother and daughter sing like young girls"
A simple sentence
In the poem, the boat represents the idea of travel and journeys. What is the name of this technique?
Symbolism
When a sentence continues onto the next line of poetry without punctuation, it is called this.
Enjambment
What is an accordion?
The musical instrument the father would have played.
What is Chinatown?
The cultural area the narrator visited with her grandmother every weekend.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence that contains a dependent clause and an independent clause.
"The great stone boat" is an example of what?
A noun phrase
A poetic line that ends with punctuation is called this.
end stopped line
What image in the poem symbolises travel and journeys?
The boat
What does Lin lie about?
Going to the cinema with a boy from a different culture.
What is a dependent clause?
A clause that relies on a independent clause to make sense.
Repeating words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or clauses is called what?
Anaphora
A grouped section of lines in poetry is called...
What word in the poem changes the mood of the poem?
Cry
How does Lin's father react when he discovers his daughter is dating someone white?
He hits her.
What is a compound sentence?
Two clauses joined together with a conjunction/connective.
In the poem, singing is a metaphor for what?
Memory / culture / emotional connection
Writers vary these in stories to make their writing more interesting...
Paragraph lengths