October Exams Flashcards
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat? Paragraph1
Metaphor “fired up” dramatises and emphasises their excitement whilst “Waited for eternity” also juxtaposes her dfifferent feeling to theirs so we can see how much more confident they are compared to Levine.
‘perched’ foreshadows the soon to come recklessness driving behaviour of Yaqoob –> Yaqoob’s inexperince in driving presenting him as confident in his own lacking ability.
Repetition of “Are they coming, coming coming” the dramatic tension and expectancy and because we can see the excitement of Yaqoob we can therefore summarise him as confident.
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat 2
Verb Choices such as “Edge out” and “Swerve” displays Yaqoob’s driving skills as reckless which emphasises the carelessness and craziness of the two boys whilst comparing the race to “Formula on without rules” seeks to provide a western understanding of the dramatic event. .
Juxtapostion For example, Yaqoob when driving ‘relished’ it and ‘loved’ it whilst Levine was worried displaying how much crazy Yaqoob can be.
Euphemism “his language begins to grow more colourful”. This emphasises Yaqoobs increasing confidence allowing Levine to emphasise Yaqoob and Iqbal as crazy indivuals
A Game of Polo With a Headless Goat?
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Change in tone where Yaqoob and Iqbal begin to become ‘nervous of hanging around in a volatile situation’ which soon forces them to ‘leave’ and escape the madness.
Repetition of “Everyone” and increasing tense atmosphere –> ‘violent’ atmosphere to portray Yaqoob and Iqbal as responsible and reliable.
. direct speech “It’s starting to get nasty” is direct speech which is typically used by older characters when a situation occurs to present their mature awareness and leadership.
The Explorers Daughter Paragraph 1?
Visual imagery : ‘spectral’, ‘glittering kingdom in front of me’,
Captures the awe she experiences when looking at the natural world and creates an almost romantic, fairy tale idyllic depiction.
Semantic field of light ‘spectral’, ‘glittering’, ‘glinting
Shines a spotlight on Herbert’s fascination with both the beauty of the landscape and mystique of the narwhal.
Subsequent adverbs: ‘always slowly, methodically passing each other by
‘always’ implies a perpetual state of calm from the narwhal heightened by repeated lulling sounds of the following adverbs’ ‘ly’.
Explorers Daughter Paragraph 2?
Herbet underlines factual details about the Narwhals to explain the hardships of life for Inuit People
Informative, factual language and terminology such as: ‘narwhal’, ‘pods’, ‘mattak’,
creates an authoritative, scientific tone: we trust the writer again but this time as an expert. The biological facts serve to inform the reader of the benefits of hunting to the tribe
Perspective/Structure: Herbert writes the passage with alternating present tense sentences and past tense
present tense serves to remind the reader that the narwhal is currently and will always be a resource to the Inuit as long as it is present in Greenland. Past tense is used to highlight evidence that the Inuit have historically used the narwhal’s resources responsibly. ‘For centuries’ (line 21)
Structure: The second and third paragraphs are largely composed of long multi-clause Informational sentences.
long informative sentences persuade the reader that the hunting of the narwhal is justified. The wealth of examples of the narwhal’s value to the Inuit serves to reinforce this justification with some examples such as: ‘only source of light and heat’ (lines 21-22) may both solidify the base necessity of the hunt and surprise the reader with the varied use of the blubber.
