From A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Flashcards

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1
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How is a comic tone created?

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All of the English devices are designed to make a light-hearted humorous read

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2
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“Emma Levine travelled through Asia”

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Travel writing

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3
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‘Wacky races’

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This is an allusion to a cartoon and as it was from quite a long time ago the author is clearly assuming that the people reading her passage are adults.

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The speech in the first part of the account is not paragraphed.

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Fast paced, humorous conversation

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“Two lads”

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-slang
-cocky people
INFORMAL

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“Fired up”

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Metaphor

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7
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“We waited for eternity”

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Metaphor and a hyperbole

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8
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“Feel rather silly”

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INFORMAL

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9
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“Nearly one hour later’

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Juxtaposes an eternity

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“Wobbly bicycle”

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Anti-climax, nothing happens!

Doesn’t have to be true but it makes the story more interesting.

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“Coming, coming”

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Repetition

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12
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“Lads” para 2

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Provides cohesion

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“Race had been cancelled, we spotted two approaching donkey-carts”

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Climax

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“Roaring up in their wake”

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Metaphor and personification

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“Perched” in para 2,4,5

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Cohesion - not entirely stable

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16
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“Horns tooting, bells ringing and the special rattles”

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Onomatopoeia and descriptions to create imagery (rule of 3)

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17
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(Like maracas, a metal container filled with dried beans)

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Inserted information (authoritative )

18
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“Vehicles Jostled”

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Personification

19
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“Swerve in front of the nearest car”

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Chaos/panic

20
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“Formula one without rules”

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Metaphor

21
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“City-centre rush hour gone anarchic”

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Choice of analogies is very descriptive

22
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“It was survival of the fittest”

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Allusion to Charles Darwin

23
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“Nerves of steel”

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Metaphor

24
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“Yaqoob loved it”

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Short sentence build up with chaos and then a simple sentence about emotions.

25
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“Language growing more colourful”

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Euphemism for swearing - this lightens the mood.

26
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In what style is the piece?

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It is autobiographical because they were there.

27
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“Hospital gate”

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Dangerous sport- ironically appropriate.

28
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“The race was over.”

“And then the trouble began.”

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We think it’s the end of the story, but then our expectations are inverted with this conjunction.

29
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“I assumed”

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Thinks that everyone thought the same.

30
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“Punters who had all staked money on the race, and therefore had strong opinions.”

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If you are financially involved in something your mind is affected.

31
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“Swallowed up by the crowd”

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Personification - the crowd is big and potentially dangerous.

32
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“More sedate pace”

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He was driving faster than he should of before.

33
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“I’m underage!”

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Makes it emphatic - PROUD?

34
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“But I was glad”

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She was isolated - they all had different opinions.

35
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“Pile-up”

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Informal

36
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“Could have caused problems”

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Understatement - could have been much more than a problem.

37
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“dwarfed”

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metaphor

38
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“a couple of seconds; nerves of steel, and an effective horn.”

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List of 3

39
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“Voices were raised, fists were out, and tempers rising”

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Abstract noun followed by a concrete noun, then another abstract noun

40
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Possible questions

A

How is a comic tone created ?

How does the author use language to create a sense of danger/tension ?