QUESTIONS ABOUT LITERARY DEVICES Simite seems to be A resembles B has a resemblance to like Abe as..as BB as though When you were here before HZ AERA Couldn't look you in the eye PRIBIES You're just like an angel ADR ‘Your skin makes me cry AREY ROS SSS EPRI ‘You float like a feather PMOL EF Ina beautiful world FEB RBIS FE Radioheed Creep Men are like parking spaces. The good ones are taken and you can bet that the available ones are all handicapped. Tine The Astronaut’ Wife AAMAS » ARBRE AMG AST + IR TBE ES PR AEA » ‘She's as thin as six o’clock. R. Tine The Astronaut's Wife HO HR RGIS SHE AFIE © she said that living with a retired husband was like having a piano in the kitchen. ‘Which to mind translated to ‘useless and in the way’. M. Higgins You Belong to Me HURRESOUET Hk SAMEERA BURL URAL» ARRAY Ae His eyes are like doves by the water streams. The Bible (New International Version) HAIR HR SS FILTER AS + LEER HH > LRAT HER AFIS FAL ©As brave as a lion St —eae As faithful as a dog o-oo As high as a kite ER — As light as a feather Rant As motionless as a statue REEMA My AS proud as a peacock ‘FLARE a As quiet as a lamb. ER As sharp as a knife 187) As sly as a fox OSL — HERE | As timid as a mouse ReonMetaphor Hii He is as stubbom as a mule. He isa mule, All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. Shakespeare As You Like It TEESE + HT The thought was fire in him, ALATA MRK - He still has a ray of hope. ‘ASHORE « Sinatra built a wall of secrecy around the women in his life, Unauthorized biography of Prank Sinatra ALBA FRET — SR CTS» IR Acer A © K. Kelly His Way: The Rivers of rain ran down the window behind him. E, McBain The Last Dance HEROS + PRAT Long fingers of dust spiralled into the breeze. G. Granklin Siragate BUD TE AUEUP » BREAK + HKDSE 2012 Section B2 Q44 What metaphor does the writer use in paragraph 1 to describe the controversy of Amy Chua’s book? [1] The Wall Street Journal’s provocative January 8 headline alone — “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’ would have been enough to spark intense discussion. But coupled with an excerpt from Amy Chua’s parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin Press, Jan.), that sharply contrasts so-called ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ styles of parenting, what resulted was nothing less than a firestorm,HKDSE Sample Paper Section B2 Q75 ‘What is the literal meaning of ‘time bomb’ and what does it represent in the title of this passage? (3 marks) _ ee | Sc tates testa tetett t te tbnen ise teaSOn eine a daeectaeectoetusetane tune ture eee nce eee ee Boys - the classroom time bombMetonyiny fifi He succeeded to the crown/throne. feat EE» ‘What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. SUERTE SOE MESS - His pen has a great influence to the politics in his country. OAS TE SS ft RAIL AWE + Tam the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit. John 15:5 PLATA + PFET « TERCRINIEY » RELATE MBER» A RSET: © Goodbye England's Rose SVT > SiR May you ever grow in our hearts rR PERU OE ‘You were the grace that placed itself PER TEN EE Where lives were torn apart SFA REN AS You called out to our country PRELIM ARE OF And you whispered to those in pain TERRE AAR eT Now you belong to heaven OSE RA And the stars spell out your name BER Ae NEE And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never fading with the sunset When the rain set in tH SBR And your footsteps will always fall here ‘YG ERIN CE Along England’s greenest hills ‘Your candle’s burned out long before You legend never will Eton John Candle in the WindHKDSE Sample Paper Section B2 Q62 In line 11, what does ‘top desk’ mean? HIKDSE Sample Paper Section B2 Q64 Which phrase is used to imply that Mary is physically mature? Her body is described as a We were first equal Mary and I with same coloured ribbons in mouse-coloured hair and with equal shyness, we curtseyed to the lady councillor 5 for copies of Collins’ Children s Classics. First equal, equally proud. Best friends too Mary and I ‘a common bond in being cleverest (equal) in our small school’s small class. 10 remember the competition for top desk ‘or to read aloud the lesson at school service. And my terrible fear 15 of her superiority at sums. I remember the housing scheme where we both stayed. The same houses, different homes, where the choices got made. 20 I don’t know exactly why they moved, but anyway they went, Something about a three-apartment and a cheaper rent. But from the top deck of the high-school bus25 30 35 40 45 Td glimpse among the others on the comer Mary’s father, mufMered, contrasting strangely with the elegant greyhounds by his side He didn’t believe in high school education, especially for girls, or in forking out for uniforms. Ten years later on a Saturday Tam coming from the library sitting near me on the bus, Mary with a husband who is tall, ccurly haired, has eyes for no one else but Mary. His arms are round the full-shaped vase that is her body. Oh, you can see where the attraction lies in Mary's life not that I envy her, really. ‘And Iam coming from the library with my arms full of books. I think of those prizes that were ours for the taking and wonder when the choices got made we don’t remember making, LIZ LOCHHEAD 'Identify the literary devices in the following paragraph. Simile — Meuphor | Synecdoche eet eee ee ‘At that moment, not a part of the lady in front of me was like the Sandy that I knew. I could see the deep blue veins on her face clearly. She gnashed her teeth and clenched her fists in extreme fury, as if she was going to knock down a lion. But then her anger scemed to have gone and become an acute fear. She shivered and sobbed quietly, telling me how hard it was for her to try to get over the torment. Suddenly, I felt that she had become older and smaller. Obviously, time hadn't healed her wound. She didn’t, and couldn’t, forget the trauma, What she had been doing was to try to put it in a sealed box, which she would never expect to open. Unfortunately, due to my carelessness, I opened the box. No matter what I said to her, she couldn't escape from the whit! of reminiscence. I tried my very best to console her, but it was all in vain, until the moment when she suddenly tumed calm and smiled.8 Sunecdoche ft} 7” ()) DAPRSVERRERB A part referring to the whole clesmcles There were several new faces to the class. BERR T SOS TTL « siey > wd He wasn't one to sleep under the stars, not if he could find a ceiling. _N. Pickard Arata All the Time FAA > HR REE ‘ “Twon’t bother you. I just want to go out the back way.” And avoid any eyes out front, Arkady thought. M. Cruz Smith Havana Bay “WSR + Fee PR ALOE + SEERA TEE A + “SIS + BUERMRT -" BML ALS st EIEPS + (2) DISERVERBRED ‘The whole referring to a part Aedkionct The hall applauded. AER ATEUR ELE EA istered, team Spain won the match. PTET Bs BDA © He’s already quite famous in the fashion world. ‘TENS CR SAA (3) DARPRHERIBMA A gencral class name used to denote a specific member of that or an associated class Mum has set a good table. GHG HE T — SPR + a The clothes my mum makes for me are #=9 cool, SEGRE © Defartneat , ment'’s stance on this issue? EASA BEME ? ‘What is the go BUATESB:(4) DUNBRUREFARR A specific class name used to refer to a general set of associated things stottad payers var Lee Messi We lost today’s game because our LeBron James didn’t play well, sil - FUMIO RAVES + ALS TUNRR A EBS LORIE AE « ont ‘The classmate sitting behind me can do sums well. STE BAIA OE Desert many Gael The thing is, does Prince Charming find Sleeping Beauty? M. Clark Loves Music, Loves 1 Dance PYREE > RSET AEB REIE ASA: © S) DURA MRATEG The material that a thing is (actually, historically, or supposedly) made of referring to that thing ase He was bound in irons for two weeks. tA LSE — (INT » onan His grandfather is buried under this stone. LOTS RSEE HF FB » Yo, check out my new threads, OB + BRAVA + ws PJPersonification Hifi A] 1) GME EES ‘The moon hid behind the clouds. ARO ER em This printer doesn’t listen to orders sometimes, SETTERS RRB The computer thought about it for a moment, then kicked out fifteen or twenty messages. J, Sandford Easy Prey RGT TE + RHE SHALE T HH /? 2) sabroris te ats ‘My cat nodded when I was home. (PLB SCAE + $358 RMA The dog often yells at strangers, BRST IDFA A AMY « ( Bodies of boys ~ six of them, and seven men — were sucked along and spat out by the coil of filthy black water. A.S.Byatt The Children's Book AROS — BENT MAA CARR — RRS KS ROL YH =) (G) FERRARA EDEN His confidence tells him that he is the most intelligent studentg in class. HOME Lear > (LDS RUBIA: » Bt ei He was finally defeated by his greed and(embezzled ll the money. ALAWAR ETT IL» RTT ARR « Basketball won the most votes and was the most popular sport in our class. SEER S BET + RCTS YRS EN - a4) ARE ‘That annoying guy always barks for no reason. MASEL HE HS RRAHOR = “You're so bad, darling,’ she mewed. “PR SLIRE « "eM + This famous singer has stretched his claws to music production. | SAS ARF CBI GE « i1) BORIS» IRAE Bars» HR ED 1 was scared to death. FORUM AHIESE He has millions of different excuses, AAT EL Housing prices are at a sky-high. PERERA ze (2) BRUINS» BSCE ARTE RIED» 1H ~ HE > FE) After two years’ illness she was reduced to a skeleton. ST A SRR NE * I didn’t even know how to do the easiest question in the quiz. FRI) BET ARI th hk» She sat quietly there and never uttered a word. SORE ADRS > (BFC SRRH °se tangents sarestic + * coert / Seowtask + Irony 528 You've got us into a(nicdned). PRE ERUERDT ° Myclever) neighbour got zero} his test again. PRAT EAE WREST . “I study(two hours a weel)" “Oh? You're so(hard-working “Hei SRN “FENG ? (REL °” HKDSE Practice Paper Section B2 Q59 Explain the irony in paragraph 7. (2 marks) ale s+ 3s abrect yrevin Cit Nilo al have been coviti with tri lors to leave trun // the is @ vockdjwn om ish yeddlows [6] And recyclers in Shanghai’s uber-chic French concession are already making plans to leave town during the city’s six month World Expo, which starts May 1 They are mostly unlicensed migrants without city residency documents, and therefore vulnerable to any crackdown on rubbish peddlers and to a general Expo-inspired anti-migrant campaign [7] The irony of such a purge is clearly lost on the government: Expo’s theme is green cities, and many Expo nego have been constructed with recycled materials, fi 14