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Themes
Setting
Characters
Language
Quotes
100
Name two of the themes of Chinese Cinderella
Two from: Families/Relationship Loneliness/Abandonment, Self esteem, Tragedy.
100
Where was "From touching the void" set?
The Andes
100
Who are the two characters in "From touching the void"?
Joe & Simon
100
In what narrative form is 'Touching the void' in?
First Person
100
Which piece had this quote : "In the ghoulish manner of journalists on the hunt"
From A Passage to Africa
200
Name the most obvious theme of "From touching the void"
Man's struggle with nature
200
What did Emma Levine write about in "From a game of polo with a headless goat" + where was it?
She writes about a Donkey Race in Karachi
200
Who was the character in "A Passage to Africa"
George Alagiah
200
Name the WH answered in From a Passage to Africa
When Who Why Where How
200
What does "my leg!... My leg!" convey?
Drama/Action/Pain
300
Name one theme form "A game of polo with a headless goat"
Rush, Adrenaline, Excitement
300
Where was "From A Passage to Africa" set?
Gufgaduud, Somalia
300
Who is the main character in Chinese Cinderella? (give us her FULL name)
Adeline Jun-Ling Yen
300
Why is the text "From Taking on the World" in First person?
Because it is an autobiography
300
Where was this Quote from and what does it show "How come you won"
Chinese Cinderella, disbelief and confusion
400
Name two themes from "Taking on the world"
Braveness, Determination, Exhaustion
400
In what season was "Taking on the world" set
Winter
400
Who is the character in "From taking on the world" + what was the reason for her fame?
Ellen MacArthur, She came second in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race
400
Why did the writer use Present tense in " A Game of Polo with a headless goat"
To create a sense of urgency and anxiety and uncertainty
400
"The mast is an alien landscape, A world of which I had no control" what does Ellen compare the mast to in this quote?
She compares the landscape to moonscape/space
500
Name the 4 main themes in "From a passage to Africa"
Isolation Poverty Suffering Violence
500
When and where did Adeline grow up? Which type of school did she go to?
Hong Kongm, 1950s, boarding school
500
Who is the character in "From a game of polo with a headless goat"
Yaqoob
500
Why does the writer use present tense in "Chinese Cinderella"
to emphasise the immediacy of her worry
500
From which text is this from and what language technique is it "We waited for eternity"
A game of polo with a headless goat, Hyperbole