Quotes
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DSL- what does it do?
‘He wondered if it was always going to be like this, if his father would always be like this.’
Direct simple language- mirrors child like perspective of fractured fam dynamic
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SC- what does it do?
He couldn’t remember what it was like to feel safe. He tried to think of something happy, but it felt like there was nothing left.
Stark contrast- between something happy and nothing left highlights emotional depletion
Foreshadowing
A foreshadow refers to any time the writer hints towards later events in the story.
Anaphora
A rhetorical device that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or phrases.
Body language and gaze
Facial expressions, gestures, stance or position – can convey the attitude, feelings or personality of the individual shown
IWTSTDTD,HT,TL,ASTF
R- what does it do?
It was the silence that did the damage, he thought, the long, awful silence that followed .
Repetition- of silence emphasises oppressive atmosphere
DNSA.HJLATATTA.
US- what does it do?
Dad never said anything. He just looked at them and then turned away.
Under statement- ‘dad never said anything’ emphasising power of silence w an oppressive atmosphere bringing attention to his emotional voidAnalogy
Uses two similar concepts or ideas to create a relationship or draw comparisons between the two.
Meter
meter can affect how the reader moves and feels your poem, and some contemporary poets write in meter.
Salience
Salience is a fancy term that refers to the things in an image that are focal points
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J- what does it do?
He had always wanted to be brave, but now he just wanted to be somewhere else
Juxtaposition- between brave and somewhere else, creates inner conflict which underscores vulnerability.
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I- what does it do?
He didn’t look at them. He looked at the sea, his face hard as stone.
Imagery- face hard as stone to symbolise dads emotional armour he’s become hardened to the point of being impervious to the needs of his children
Dialogue
Dialogue is the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work.
Alliteration
Alliteration is a powerful, albeit subtle, means of controlling the poem's mood.
Composition
Composition is what an image is made up of. This includes things like where an object is placed, how it is framed, and the colour and lighting techniques used. Composition broadly refers to the image as a whole and what you see when you look at it.
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SD- what does it do?
Harry watched the sea for a while, his heart beating too fast, his hands shaking.
Sensory details- make more immediate and visceral/intensifies emotional weight of moment
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ICTASFS- what does it do?
He was angry. But he didn’t know how to fix things.
Internal conflict through a straight forward statement- reveals anger/emotional state and the confusion with it adding to tension
Hyperbole
This technique uses extreme exaggeration to create a lasting impression or create strong feelings in the reader.
Enjambment
is a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.
Text and typography
Text and typography are the words used within an image to convey a literal or figurative message.This is influenced by the colour, size, and font of the text as well as its repetition throughout the image
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M- what does it do?
It felt like his heart had stopped, the way it did when he looked at his father.
Metaphor- intensifies emotional experience through comparing fear to physical sensation
Modality
The strength or force of a word, which low modality words being passive while high modality wordsare forceful.
Connotations
The ideas, feelings or concepts associated with specific words, phrases or situations that go beyond their literal meaning.
Free verse
Free verse: A poem written in lines that don't rhyme but closely follow the natural rhythm of speech.
Proportion and scale
Proportion is the size of the different parts of an object in relation to each other. Scale is the size of one object to another in the same artwork