Anthologies Flashcards
1
Q
What techniques are broadly used in danger of a single story?
A
- ancedots
- colloquial tone
- variation of sentence structure
- comparison of America and Africa
- doesn’t elevate self above audience
2
Q
What are the three things you need to think about with anthologies?
A
Form, audience, purpose
3
Q
What are the main techniques in passage to Africa?
A
- dehumanising + desensitising
- sensory imagery
- visceral
- gives children names
- semantic fields (journalism , weakness + disease)
4
Q
What are the main techniques in explorers daughter?
A
- Repeated light imagery
- contrast between supporting man and narwhal
- constraint association of man and animal (wives watch hunters, hunters watch whales)
5
Q
What techniques are used in explorers or boys messing about?
A
- subtle emphasis of wealth
- starts and ends with clear opinion
- constantly undermining credibility
- begin with appreciation of failure
- emphatic tone (childish)
- juxtaposition of childishness and experience
6
Q
What techniques are used in between a rock and a hard place?
A
- domestic imagery
- constant theme of claustrophobia
- technical terminology
- vernacular language
7
Q
What techniques are used in between a rock and a hard place?
A
- domestic imagery
- constant theme of claustrophobia
- technical terminology
- vernacular language
8
Q
How does the writer build tension in between a rock and a hard place?
A
- constant imagery of claustrophobia
- animalistic imager
- foreshadowing
- slowing time
- hyperbole
- short sentences
- aggresssive language
- dissconect between mind and body
9
Q
What techniques are used in young and dyslexic?
A
- constant ancecdotes
- colloquial tone
- repeatedly recognises differences
- semantic fields of community
- focus on empowerment
- separation of past and present
- idea of dyslexia not defining him
- juxtaposition
- semantic field of design
- victimises student
10
Q
What techniques are used in Bhutan?
A
- comparison with western world
- credibility (quotes and facts)
- describes people and places sepeately
11
Q
What techniques are used in a game of polo with a headless goat?
A
- contrast to western world
- tension
- animalistic connotations
- enthusiasm
- slight criticism of other cultures
12
Q
How does a game of polo with a headless goat build tension?
A
- danger (of crowd and sport)
- present participle (audience in the moment)
- driver reveals underage
