Valentine

Question 1

“Not a rose or a satin heart”. TEA this?

Answer 1

T- w/c of Not
Deno- what the writer is not receiving for Valentine’s Day.
Conno- clarity of the rejected cliches and ostentatious gifts. Glossy idea of what love is.

Question 2

“It is a moon wrapped in brown paper” TEA this?

Answer 2

T- metaphor and w/c of moon.
E- deno- the similarity of the onion colour to moon’s colour that’s wrapped in the onions skin.
A- conno- the romance of the moon and the mundane brown paper skin if a onion. Implies the kitsch idea of wrapping gifts.

Question 3

“Lethal” tea it!

Answer 3

Word choice, one word minor sentence

Ability to kill or be extremely harmful.
Position and shortness of line draws attention to violence that love can cause.

Question 4

“Platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring” tea this lad!

Answer 4

T- pejorative, synecdoche, word choice
Synecdoche tells us the image represents the colour and layers of an onion. Wedding ring represents the relationship and marriage of two lovers, precious metal

Question 5

“Wobbling photo of grief” Tea it!!!

Answer 5

T- word choice, visual imagery
EA- love can disorientate and make you unbalance. Loss of love can cause a persona of positive love and people who become vulnerable to the romance

Question 6

“Not a red rose of satin heart” tea it now!!

Answer 6

T- word choice
Ea- rejection of cliches, clarity of what not too get, suggest the tacky and ostentatious gifts, tacky sentimental symbols of traditional valentine gifts

Question 7

“I give you an onion” tea it?

Answer 7

T- antithesis, word choice and symbolism
Ea- ordinariness of a plain object. Complete opposite of a valentines gift which suggests the unconventional, cheap and common gift.

Question 8

5 good quotes from valentine

Answer 8

“Lethal”
“It is a moon wrapped in brown paper”
“Platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring”
“Cling to your knife”
Wobbling photo of grief”
“Not a red rose or satin heart”