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1. Name four activities Carla used to do during her childhood holidays.
   Any four of the following:
   Play with a friend, ride a bicycle, take picnics amongst the pine trees, go horse riding, go swimming, go to the beach and visit grandparents.
   
   
2. What special family times are associated with Carla’s holidays?
   Holidays are associated with family time because Carla visited her grandparents during that time “época de compartir con los abuelos” and also it was during the holidays that she went on long drives with her family “largos viajes en el auto familiar”.
   
   
3. Why do summer holidays represent such a milestone in Carla’s adolescence?
   Summer holidays were milestones because during this time Carla fell in love for the first time, and also it was during one of her holidays that she suffered her first romantic heart break.
   
   
4. How effective is this text in conveying Carla’s holiday experiences?
   This text is effective in conveying Carla’s experiences because the writer provides images which are associated with happy memories and events of her childhood “la toalla estaba siempre a mano junto a la bici” “la piscina” “el mar”. Also the writer creates mental images which evoke sensations and feelings, such as the flavour of banana milk, the feeling of peach juice running along Carla’s arms or the sensation of cold water melon. All these create visual images which the reader could relate to and could compare to his/her own experiences.
   
   Also the choice of language supports the images happiness and freedom. Linguistic items such as “me hace feliz” “gozo” “maravillosa sensación” communicate to the reader the happiness Carla is feeling. The sense of freedom is expressed in phrases such as “meses de libertad” “sin preocuparme del despertador” etc. Finally the use of exclamation marks “¡por fin…!” “¡lo vamos a pasar…!” helps to emphasise how much the writer is looking forward to the upcoming holiday.

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