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
semantic field of language associated with precarious situations
-creates anticipation, and foreshadows the bad things that will happen
Violent verbs
-eg tearing skin, smashes, ensnares
-create graphic images that linger in the readers mind
Onomatopoeia
-adds excitement and creates auditory images
