Anthology: From Taking on the World Flashcards
Genre?
Autobiographical account to inform.
Audience?
General Audience, especially people who sail or seeking adventure.
Purpose?
To inform about the experiences, also to entertain by creating tension.
How is the loneliness shown in the passage?
- Emphasizes the use of ‘I’.
- Normally spend Christmas eve with your family.
How was the danger shown?
‘get caught as a climbed’ paragraph 1.
Similes?
It felt almost as if you were steeping out onto the moon.
Numbers and figures are used?
‘200ft of rope’
makes the reader show sympathetic?
Visual image of her struggling. ‘ Eyes closed teeth gritted’.
Image Vocab is used to show the danger of the situation?
‘Smacking back into the rig’.
Imagery that makes her look helpless?
‘holding tight to breathe more deeply and conjure up more energy’.
showing the loneliness on top of the mast?
‘come on kiddo’, trying to believe she has company, possible just makes her, more lonely.
Summery?
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.
Intro:
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.
alliteration:
‘shuddering slowdown’
similie:
‘like an Albertroz’
repetition:
‘tugged and tugged’
Shows no relief and continues to build tension:
‘its far from over’
Facts:
20 Knots
Fonts:
Kingfisher.
Uses the mast to represent danger
slices through the air - representing a knife
Americanism catchphrase:
‘like a million dollars’
scared?
eyes closed, teeth gritted.
Link:
Touching the void, becasue of the struggle
shows confidence:
time was right
Build up?
hardest climb to date.
Loneliness?
Repeated use of the word’I’
helping her self, ‘come on kiddo’
Bringing the reader into the situation?
‘You’
helpless?
conjure up more energy
metaphor?
I had my heart in my mouth.
detail - unwelcome?
Slippery carbon surface
