How does sensory detail make the narrator's growing attachment to England persuasive?

How and to what effect is a sense of place created in this passage?

In what ways do shifts between observation and personal response shape the atmosphere of the passage?

To what effect does the passage move between the actual view and imagined excursions?

How and to what effect does the narrator establish a relationship with the reader?

In what ways do descriptive detail and humour shape the narrator’s account of her arrival?

How and to what effect are questions used in this passage?

In what ways does contrast expose the injustice of dispossession in this passage?

How does the structure of this passage turn an account of one family's suffering into a wider indictment?

How and to what effect does the writer adopt the voice of the busy modern reader?

To what effect does the writer incorporate other writers' words into her argument?

How and to what effect does the writer vary sentence rhythm in developing her argument?

To what effect is speech represented in the account of the traveller's arrival?

How does retrospective irony qualify the narrator's account of his early patriotism?

How does the accumulation of sensory detail convey the intensity of the child's delight in nature?

How do rhythm and sensory imagery convey the narrator’s experience of the journey?

To what effect is personification used at the end of the passage?

How does contrast contribute to the narrator’s presentation of the travellers?

By what means does the narrator establish authority for her social judgments?

How does the structure of the passage develop the episode’s ideas about childhood responsibility and courage?

In what ways does retrospective narration shape the reader’s understanding of the childhood experience?

How and to what effect is the child narrator’s idea of himself as a warrior developed?

How do changes in tone and pace shape the account of the snake encounter?

How does retrospective narration present the formation of the narrator’s childhood dream?

To what effect does the narrator use biblical imagery in the passage?

How and to what effect is the changing meaning of “America” developed throughout the passage?

In what ways do shifts in narrative distance shape the account of migration?

How and to what effect does the representation of the past change in this passage?

How does the narrator establish his credibility as an interpreter of his childhood?

How and to what effect is the imagery of colour used to explore remembering?

How does the passage's structure develop the distinction between physical delight and a sense of the supernatural?