Between A Rock And A Hard Place Flashcards
Structure
Specialised language
Short sentences
Volta
Present tense
First person sections
Specialised language
Lulls the reader into a false sense of security
Short sentences
-Create tension
-increases reading TEMPO
Volta
-Dramatic change in scenario shocks reader
Present tense
-creates tension
-more dramatic
First person sections
-empathise with his pain more
-makes the text more shocking from a personal point of view
Imagery
-hyperbolic Metaphor
-‘50 feet’ ‘3 feet’
-personification
Hyperbolic Metaphor of consumes the sky
-makes the reader visualise the sky being blocked out by a massive rock heading for them
3 feet, 50 feet
-Creates an impossible image of something the average person would never do
Personification- time dilates, ensnares
-time dilates, you can imagine an eye dilating
-ensnares, give the feeling of pulling only makes it worse, fully trapped
Language
Metaphor
Temporal language
Foreshadowing
‘Grimace and growl’
-semantic field of language associated with precarious situations
-violent verbs
-onomatopoeia
Metaphor
-Flaring agony
-helps reader to imagine the pain
Temporal language
Temporal language mirrors the syntax with Ralston’s description of how time was warped by the experience and pain
Foreshadowing
-eg claustrophobic and slot narrows
-create suspense in the reader’s mind
Grimace and growl
Zoomorphism emphasises his behaviour. The alliteration increases the sense of panic and communicates the level of pain he is in
