Anthology: From Taking on the World Flashcards

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Genre?

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Autobiographical account to inform.

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Audience?

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General Audience, especially people who sail or seeking adventure.

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Purpose?

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To inform about the experiences, also to entertain by creating tension.

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How is the loneliness shown in the passage?

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  • Emphasizes the use of ‘I’.

- Normally spend Christmas eve with your family.

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How was the danger shown?

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‘get caught as a climbed’ paragraph 1.

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Similes?

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It felt almost as if you were steeping out onto the moon.

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Numbers and figures are used?

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‘200ft of rope’

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makes the reader show sympathetic?

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Visual image of her struggling. ‘ Eyes closed teeth gritted’.

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Image Vocab is used to show the danger of the situation?

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‘Smacking back into the rig’.

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Imagery that makes her look helpless?

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‘holding tight to breathe more deeply and conjure up more energy’.

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showing the loneliness on top of the mast?

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‘come on kiddo’, trying to believe she has company, possible just makes her, more lonely.

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Summery?

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Her Pain and exhaustion contrast with her relief and achievement. the ‘but’ shows how good she feels to have achieved it despite of the hardship of the climb.

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Intro:

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MacArther’s non-fictional autobiography primary recounts her experiences in a perilous single-handed round the world yacht race.
- It is suitable and written for all readers, and was written in response to the public interest and media coverage of her endevour.

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alliteration:

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‘shuddering slowdown’

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similie:

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‘like an Albertroz’

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repetition:

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‘tugged and tugged’

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Shows no relief and continues to build tension:

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‘its far from over’

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Facts:

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20 Knots

19
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Fonts:

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Kingfisher.

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Uses the mast to represent danger

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slices through the air - representing a knife

21
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Americanism catchphrase:

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‘like a million dollars’

22
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scared?

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eyes closed, teeth gritted.

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Link:

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Touching the void, becasue of the struggle

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shows confidence:

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time was right

25
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Build up?

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hardest climb to date.

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Loneliness?

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Repeated use of the word’I’

helping her self, ‘come on kiddo’

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Bringing the reader into the situation?

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‘You’

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helpless?

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conjure up more energy

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metaphor?

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I had my heart in my mouth.

30
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detail - unwelcome?

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Slippery carbon surface