Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Question 1

• Adverbs
  
  • “Fear shoots my hands off over my head”
  • “Time dilates, as if im dreaming, and my reactions decelerate”

Answer 1

Controlled chaos
Dramatic action

	○ Adverbs - overwhelmed/time has accelerated 
- “Fear shoots my hands off over my head”
	○ Metaphor - he is not in control of his actions
- “Time dilates, as if im dreaming, and my reactions decelerate” Alliteration - “d” - slowing pace of climactic moment

Question 2

• “Stemming”, “counter pressure”, “traverse”
  
  • “Short” “narrow” ”claustrophobic”
  • “Maybe eleven or twelve feet high”

Answer 2

Irony
Foreshadow subsequent misfortunes

- “Stemming”, “counter pressure”, “traverse”
	○ Jargon - establishes expertise and experience 
	○ Irony - despite his skill he can still get injure d
- “Short” “narrow” ”claustrophobic” 
	○ Semantic field of duress - invokes sense of confinement 
	○ Foreshadows his perilous future
- “Maybe eleven or twelve feet high”
	○ Repetition of distances - underscores experience  Underlying sense of irony - “maybe”

Question 3

• “The size of a large bus tire”, “you can imagine using it to climb up the inside of a chimney”
  
  • ”if I can, then ill” , “ill dangle then”
  • “Rounded rocks”

Answer 3

Zoom in on situation
Experience thought process

- “The size of a large bus tire”, “you can imagine using it to climb up the inside of a chimney”
	○ Analogies - illustrative examples to visualise his actions 
- ”if I can, then ill” , “ill dangle then” 
	○ Shift from conditional to present - cautious contemplation 
	○ Uncertainty and certainty juxtaposed w conditional phrase 
- “Rounded rocks”
	○ Alliteration - allows us to understand his goals  Focuses attention on rocks

Question 4

• “I grimace and growl”, “im frantic.. I cry out”
  
  • “My disbelief paralyses me”
  • “Come on… move”

Answer 4

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Hopeless and futile situation

- “I grimace and growl”, “im frantic.. I cry out” 
	○ Pathos - emotional connection 
	○ Understand pain and panic
- “My disbelief paralyses me”
	○ Metaphor - truly helpless  - can’t believe his circumstances 
- “Come on… move” Verbal exclamation  - shift in mind, state of panic