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techniques
describe the effect of the techniques, tone, descriptive language and subtext supported by it, connotations, Visual imagery, repetition, collective experience (individual characters will represent the collective experience) sentence structure, characterisation, rhyme, implied meaning, narrator of kids, hyperbole, satire, irony,
Unity Of Impression
Explain how you unified your structure, characters, theme s, plot all together to form and create/set the main message and theme of the short story.
Reflection statement
don’t reflect using simple sentences, use individual word choice,
talk about word choice, quote yourself,
parts of speech,
techniques,
analyse sentence structure,
specific examples on how the text inspired your ideas
specific quotes and examples of language techniques from your own writing, why you wrote that way.
specific quotes and examples of language techniques from the set text and how these influenced your writing style
Theme
Theme of,
two perspectives of the story,
the theme of how exposed the kids were to the war and
had a lifestyle of danger
controversial theme
theme of young inexperienced narrator
The disrespect given to the Vietnamese
witnesses of war behind the scenes
“Familiar items met our eyes of innocence, deadly defensive weapons and emergency medical packages all screeching with danger, but our eyes of innocence soon connected sight with something all too needed but never customary.”
descriptive laugnaguage supports the subtext theme, and it also creates individual experience which provides the collective experience.
Our eyes scanned the overflowing space of men to see the blind old man, a forged smile placed itself on his decomposing face, a smile with a curve to set everything straight, but not enough for the soldiers.
juxtaposition when saying he had a smile with a curve to straight everything straight which is impossible but the impossible was still not enough for the soldiers to respect the man which opens up a new layer of the theme of the disrespect placed on the Vietnamese
The reconstruction of our land and homocide created from the men left them shielded in radiance of colours.
visual imagery is evident due to the descriptive language, and context given to help visualise the radiance of colours that shielded the men, for example blood, dirt etc
irony and heavy connotation when saying a radiance of colour shielded the men who had just returned from a battle as a radiance is normally related to a radiance of sunlight for example, and sunlight represents happiness or fun where as i explained the colours where provided on the men due to the events of homcoide, bombings, laying in dirt and mud etc.
juxtaspostition for relating such opposite wording to fit in a sentence creating a new concept and visual imagery
Pressure building up in our ears, ringing took over. Hearts raced. Drowning in fear and confusion. We screeched, we cried, we were terrified.
sentence structure similar to the original text, short sentences followed by a long sentence and a rhyme of oral and visual wording. for example when tim said
“no one moved to help. the kids were quiet. the old mans eyes did a funny trick, almost rolling out of hi head, out of sight”
they were sick sociopaths, sick sociopaths who found entertainment in these weapons, sick sociopaths who were considered our heros.
Irony when the kids consider the weapons an entertainment for the soldiers when on the reality it is a terrible life experience.
change of tone with repetition of sick sociopaths and the descriptive word of sick helped present the new tonal range.
controversial when calling the men who fought for their country sociopaths.
implied meaning of if they were really true great heros or if they commited disrespectful acts.
they were sick sociopaths, sick sociopaths who found entertainment in these weapons, sick sociopaths who were considered our heros.
Irony when the kids consider the weapons an entertainment for the soldiers when on the reality it is a terrible life experience.
change of tone with repetition of sick sociopaths and the descriptive word of sick helped present the new tonal range.
controversial when calling the men who fought for their country sociopaths.
implied meaning of if they were really true great heros or if they committed disrespectful acts.
provides a new perspective on the soldiers.
word choice of raw eyes, a fumble of his inexperienced, crude grip, Familiar items met our eyes of innocence,
the descriptive launge supported the subtext theme of a young narrator being exposed to a massive crisis and terrifying experience at a young age.
what is the quote about the boy
“a boy took a soldiers rifle from out of the mud and wiped it and stacked it against the tree, and the old man smiled”
what quote uses descriptive language
“a blustery and stupid, soilder, blonde hair and big belly “
