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In the extract "Three Names", what are the narrator's three names, and where is each one used?
Look at the three settings in the first paragraph.
Identify one simile in the extract and state the two things being compared.
Look for the words like or the way.
Which technique is used in "the script stumbled in my mouth like a borrowed shoe"?
Look for the comparison word.
Which technique is used in "Meenakshi speaks careful English and raises her hand"?
A name cannot really raise a hand.
Write your own extract of 100 to 150 words about names, languages or nicknames and identity, using at least two techniques from this lesson. Then write three annotations explaining the effect of your choices.
Plan the feeling you want the reader to have at the end, then choose techniques that build towards it.
Using the extract as evidence, discuss the debatable question: "Can cultural identity be separated from personal identity?"
Find evidence for both sides before deciding which is more convincing.
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