H is for hawk Flashcards
Don’t want to go home with the wrong bird
Direct speech - ironic and foreshadows how she feels she has been allocated the wrong bird later in extract
Thin
Verb - fragile and insubstantial in contrast to the strength and power of the bird.
Juxtaposition of the bird and box
Another hinge untied. Concentration. Infinite caution.
(STRUCTURE) Tricolour of short sentences - coneys writers anticipation and stress of seeing the bird
Repetition of and
(STRUCTURE) Polysndeton - increases the pace and sense of chaos and activity as the bird emerges from the box
She is a conjuring trick
Metaphor - bird = magical, writer in awe
Like gold falling through water
Simile - connotes the beauty and preciousness of the bird to the writer
Like a turkey in a butchers shop
Simile - vulnerable and exposed, sympathy for bird and thinks it’s awful
End of 3rd paragraph
(STRUCTURE) Shift in perspective - imagines world from bird’s perspective
Listing at end of 3rd paragraph
(STRUCTURE) Asyndeton - accumulation of images emphasises how precise the birds vision
Folding, anchoring, gripping
Triplet of verbs - convey bird breeders confidence on handling the bird
It was born of care
Short declarative sentence - admires ‘bird cellar’ —> hood on to protect the bird from being overwhelmed not to be cruel
Wobbling
Verb - vulnerability of bird when chick and the care needed to raise it
Loved
Adverb - admiration for bird cellar
Fizzing and fusing
Alliteration - coveys the birds confusion and fear
Gouts
Noun - applied to blood = negative semantic field
