A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Flashcards
‘the lads’
-informal language creates a more personal tone and fits with the humorous nature of the story
‘Wacky Races’
The reference to a kids television programme put emphasis on how ridiculous and different it is
‘But will you try and get to the front?’
-Direct speech to make it seems as if reader is there - more engaging
-She’s there for a purpose/she’s brave
‘We waited for eternity’
-use of hyperbolic language elongates time, creating a sense of anticipation
‘I was beginning to lose faith in it’s happening, but the lads remained confident’
-Contrast of behaviour between her and the lads
-Makes more realistic
‘vehicles roaring’
-Onomatopoeia creates a vivid picture of the scene
‘Yaqoob revved up the engine’
-prominent ‘v’ sound makes the scene more vivid as it creates sound
‘horn tooting, bells ringing, and the special rattles’
-triplet emphasises the excitement and the descriptions of sounds creates vivid imagery
‘(like maracas, a metal container filled with dried beans)’
-brackets change the tone informing the reader, while the comparison to something familiar allows the reader to understand
‘perched on lorries’
-parallel to the ‘jockeys perched’, demonstrating the similarity of the donkey rance and the race of the crowds to get to the event
‘This was Formula One without rules’
-comparison to a familiar event allows the reader to create a better understanding of her experience, it also emphasises the speed and danger of the event
‘perfect place’
-Plosive - excited that she’ll get a good shot of the racing
‘This was Formula One without rules … and common sense’
-Triadic metaphor
‘It was survival of the fittest’
-reference to Charles Darwin, which the reader will understand, this exaggeration brings across a comical tone
‘Our young driver … an effective horn’
-The chaotic structure represents the chaotic driving
’- for it was a main road -‘
-use of parenthesis changes the tone of the passage by adding more information, while the use of longer sentences helps to create the sense that there is a lot going on at once
‘The race was over’
-Short sentence - draws attention to race.
-short dramatic nature of this sentence highlights how suddenly the race was over, providing contrasting atmospheres, creating tension and drama
‘Voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising’
The use of the triplet adds chaos to this manic event
‘swallowed up by the crowd’
-metaphor put emphasis on the huge size of the crowd, while the use of personification gives a slight sense of danger as the crowd moves as a whole in an almost animalistic manner
