who would the audience for a Toys R Us commercial be? What are some ways the commercial could target this audience
Children. Bright colours, Children featured in the ad, fun toys, children having fun, exciting music
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What is a theme in the hunger games?
lack of value for human life or the importance of appearance
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" He who delivers the sentence should deliver the sword." Who said this? In what book? What is the significance?
Ned Stark. Game of Thrones. This shows that ned uses his power responsibly. He does not give the heavy responsibility of exicution to anyone else when he made the descion to follow through with the law. This shows that he is following his duty and honour.
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Metaphor: You're a firework. This means that you are special,unique.
What is an example of a metaphor
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What kind of diction is used in a social media post?Why?
Slang, less formal language, emoticons and hashtags, shorter words. You don't need to sound as formal and you need to keep it short to keep people's interest!
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What is a theme of The Game of Thrones?
The immorality or morality of power or the importance of honour and duty.
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" The idea of the girl with her maimed tongue frightens me. She has reminded me why I am here. Not to model flashy costumes and eat delicacy. But to die a bloody death.While the crowd urged on my killer." Who says this? What book is it from? Explain the significance.
Katniss. The Hunger Games. This relates to the theme of the capital showing a lack of value for human life. Seeing these perspectives from Katniss, readers identify with her and side with her opinions over those of the capital.
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what is an example of a similie
Her lips were as red as a rose
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What kind of diction would be used in a presidential speech? Why?
More formal language, inspiring words and phrases. To be taken seriously and to be seen as intelligent language should be more formal.
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The supernatural, unchecked ambition, the immorality or morality of power
What is a theme in Macbeth
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" Fair is foul and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air." Who says this? What book is it from? Explain the significance.
A witch. Macbeth. This relates to the theme that things are not how they appear. The fog and the filthy air contribute to the mood of danger, murder and fear as well as to the " evil" nature of the witches.
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you're words say one thing, but you mean another
What is irony
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What features would help improve a social media post?
Pictures, font, bright colours, human emotion, less formal languge
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What is a symbol in macbeth?
The weather- the stormy weather helps to contribute to the eerie mood. It represents the uncetaintiy of Macbeth's emotions ( he's unsure about killing the king!) and the witches ( supernatural)
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the choice of words/language used to suit a piece of writing
What is diction
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Choose two texts we have read. Are there any themes that are in both.
Macbeth and Game of Thrones both look at the themes of unchecked ambition and the morality and immorality of power.