LITERARY LANGUAGE
That light, leather hood was to keep the hawk from fearful sights. LIKE US.
What is short sentence?
That light, leather hood was to keep the hawk from fearful sights. LIKE US.
How does the writer express a sentiment of TWO DISTANT, UNLIKELY WORLDS meeting for the first time?
'the man pulls an enormous, enormous hawk out of the box'
Why does the writer use REPETITION?
'the man pulls an enormous, enormous hawk out of the box'
Why does the author zoom in on the bird from close-up perspective with hyperbolism?
A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions
What is MELODRAMA?
'and the box shook AS IF someone had punched it'
What is SIMILE?
'and the box shook AS IF someone had punched it'
How does the author show the goshawk's panic after the intrusion of human hands into her world?
'a great flood of sunlight drenches us and everything is brilliance and fury'
What quality does the author attribute to the bird with the given IMAGER?
'a great flood of sunlight drenches us and everything is brilliance and fury'
How does the author show that the first bird promises both the light and life to help her overcome the dark hours of her bereavement?
The mythological epitome for a grievously desperate woman
Who is MADEA?
'A sudden THUMP of feathered shoulders'
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
'A sudden THUMP of feathered shoulders'
How does the author show the fearful reaction of the goshawk to the intrusive human hands from outside?
'She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel.'
What meaning does the author employ on the word with the given LIST OF METAPHORS.
'She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel.'
How does the author bring out a quality of rarity or otherworldliness about the first bird?
An ONOMATOPOEIC word describing buzzing or crackling sound
What is FIZZING?
‘Don’t want you going home with the wrong bird.’
What is COLLOQUIAL language?
‘Don’t want you going home with the wrong bird.’
Why does the author switch from formal to informal register? (or) How does the author hint at the breeder's sympathetic nature?
'There was concern in his face. It was born of care.'
Why does the author use DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
'There was concern in his face. It was born of care.'
Why does the author invest a quality of concern in the breeder's personality, contraposing his conscientious commitment to the initial legal procedure during the transaction?
A pair of short leather straps that are fastened round the legs of a hawk
What are JESSES?
'The air turned syrupy, slow, flecked with dust.'
What is IMAGERY?
'The air turned syrupy, slow, flecked with dust.'
Why does the author freeze the time in slow motion when the birs comes out of the box?
'Something bright and distant, like gold falling through water'
Why does the author create a 'sunrise-across-the wide-sea' IMAGERY with the given imagery?
'Something bright and distant, like gold falling through water'
How poetically does the author describe THE START OF HER JOURNEY with the entrance of the bird into her life?
A black, duck-like bird feeding on fish off the coast
What is CORMORANT?