Anthology Flashcards
A Passage to Africa - Key Language and Structure
Metaphors - Downplay death
use of tricolon
Lack of human rights
Contrasts the western world - Creates pity for the people in the extract
Connotations of death - ‘ghoulish manner’
Dismissive tone - Dehumanising
Vivid description and sensory language
Short sentences - Lack of emotion - Doesn’t want to become attached
Pitiful - Feels ashamed or revulsion
Objectifying - Reflects how lifeless the people are
Danger of a single story - Key language and structure
sentimental tone
Personal Experiences - anecdotal
listing
humour
‘people like me’ - implies she is different
first person narrative
‘it saved me’ - negative view on stereotyping
single line paragraph ‘she assumed i did not know how to use a stove’ - stereotyping her, reflects her frustration
Dismissive tone
repetition
The explorers daughter
Jagen - sense of obscurity from the rest of the world
Strong description - long sentences with lots of sensory description
‘glittering Kingdom’ metaphor, glittering remodifies the kingdom
‘hunters spread like a net’ simile that reflects hunting
Writer uses a dilemma - doesnt want to kill the narwhal but knows it must be done to survive
‘one annual ship’ shows how isolated the place is
Contrasting words ‘he gently picked up his harpoon’
Narwhal are personified to speak like humans
Explorers or boys messing about
Cartoonish imagery
harsh lexis - sense of danger
humiliation / time waste / tricolon - ‘the royal navy, the RAF and British coastguards’ -listing
exaggeration - ‘tens of thousands’
Sarcasm - trusty helicopter
Creates a sense of urgency to saving the people
Volta
Tries to put a negative view on what the boys had done
127 hours
Jagen - hiker language suspense positive tone at the start first person description of movement sense of danger and expertise personification - consumes the sky negative description - adrenaline - vivid description
young and dyslexic
Strong messages Summary of education tricolons shows him being stereotyped and controlled Tries to stay positive throughout the extract shows his struggle talks directly to the reader personal connection
A game of polo with a headless goat
'best' superlative slang - local language/terms compared with a western cartoon hyperbole - 'we waited for eternity' excitement slow paced start to fast paced race metaphor - formula one Trying to make the story relatable to people in the western world active verbs lack of safety
H is for hawk
foreshadowing onomatopoeic sounds builds tension throughout pathetic fallacy repetition description of bird hyperbole of bird beautiful imagery
Chinese Cinderella
pathetic fallacy
justaposition
abandonment
unsettling feeling of home - reflects the neglect that her father has caused her
disbelief
low self esteem
starts off worried and shocked but becomes happy and begins to build back a relationship with her father
