Poetry LFs
“Hope is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –”
Metaphor
What you call the faded corners on the camera that make it look like security footage?
Vignette
“I have seen thousands of people all shouting at once.”
Hyperbole
Finish this quote: "Good morning! and if I don't see ya...
...Good afternoon, good evening and good night."
"I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions, and yet, when I look up at the sky..."
Listing
I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair
I hate the way you drive my car I hate it when you stare
I hate your big dumb combat boots And the way you read my mind
Repetition/Anaphora
What type of angle is used to make Truman look powerless?
“You suck.” (said affectionately)
Colloqualism
Who said this? "We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that."
Christof
“According to the World Health Organization, over 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic accidents.”
Facts/Statistics
"I wandered lonely as a cloud/That floats on high o’er vales and hills…”
Simile
What is the zoom style often used to zoom in on product placements or Truman when he's in a crowd?
Crash zoom
What 2 language features can you find in this passage?
“A clearing in the forest, where the moonlight fell like silver on the ground.”
Imagery & Simile
When Christof says: "I know you better than you know yourself." How does Truman respond?
"You never had a camera in my head!"
“I tell my father, ‘Why don’t you get me a bicycle?’ And he says, ‘Malala, you are too young to ride a bicycle.’”
Direct Speech
"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills…”
Personification
Tell me 2 interesting things/easter eggs about Seahaven as a setting
- The colours are bright and saturated to show hyperreality
- If you look closely there are hidden cameras in the background of every shot
- The town is designed to look idyllic: white picket fences, manicured lawns, and cheerful neighbors. It reflects the 1950s/60s ideal of American suburbia.
"Break a leg!"
Idiom
Finish the quote: "I would gladly step in front of traffic for you Truman...
...And the last thing I would ever do to you...is lie to you."
“How long can we continue to ignore climate change?”
Rhetorical Question
“Five years have past; five summers, with the length
Of five long winters! and again I hear
These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a soft inland murmur.”
Enjambment
Tell me 3 ways they manipulate Truman into fearing the water/travelling?
- His dad's scripted 'death'
- His job as an insurance agent
- Posters in the travel agent
- Media/news articles about disasters
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Metaphor
Finish the opening lines: "We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit...
...there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life."
“Recycle more. Waste less. Protect the environment.”
Imperative