What is
Repetition of a consonant, especially at the start of words
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What is the tone of an article?
What is
The tone is the mood or feeling of the language used by a writer or speaker.
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What does Alden Pyle represent in the text?
What is
America rising to power.
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Name 3 themes Dear America presents
What is
Death
Inhumanity of War
Importance of human contact
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Finish this quote
The frightening thing about it all
What is
is that it is so very easy to kill in war.
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What is an appeal to authority?
What is
Uses the opinion of an expert or authority figure to reassure the author's point of view is shared with someone with expert knowledge in that field.
200
What is an anecdote?
What is
Short account or story which gives a human angle that engages the reader.
200
What is Phuong's main motive within the text?
What is
To be in a relationship that can see her leave Vietnam
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Why is the structure of the text so important?
What is
It shows the soldiers initial impressions of Vietnam and how they changed throughout the course of the war.
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Finish this quote
All of us are scared
What is
because a lot of us won't make it.
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What is inclusive language?
What is
Uses words such as we, us, our etc to include the readers in the same group as the writer.
300
What is colourful language?
What is
Creates a strong image through unusual and striking words, especially adjectives.
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When discussing how the war effects everyone what is one of the most striking things Fowler says (Hint it has a number in the answer)
What is
A 200 pound bomb does not descriminate
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What is the significance of having letters from the nurses included in the text?
What is
Gives a different perspective from those who were directly involved, also shows the devastation through the eyes of another person.
300
How do the attitudes of those fighting the war change?
What is
At the beginning of the text soldiers have an optimistic attitude that fades once they see the destruction that war can do to a person.
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What is the main contention of an article?
What is
The writer's viewpoint on an issue. Usually clearly and concisely stated at the beginning.
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What is a rhetorical question?
What is
A question with an implied but unstated answer-used purely for effect.
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How would you describe the way the story is told and what sort of view does it come from?
What is
It is a first-person narrative seen through the eyes of Fowler who has a cynical and troubled view on the world around him. The story is told from his perspective only.
400
In war there are no unwounded soldiers - explain
What is
Physical
Mental
Death
Aftermath
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What is the significance of having Eleanor Wimbish's letter in the text?
What is
Show that the Vietnam War will never end and how it affected not only those who were present but families and an entire generation.
500
What is the writer's perspective on an article?
What is
Takes into account where they stand on the issue as a whole and how they fit into the overall debate on the particular topic.
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What is an appeal to common sense?
What is
Common sense is practical everyday knowledge that is accepted as obvious and therefore true.
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Give 2 reasons as to why Fowler kills Pyle
What is
1) He is jealous of him and his love for Phoung
2) He is disturbed that he is a part of the third force.
500
Finish this quote
You cannot imagine just how
What is
disturbing it is to have a friend with just days left before he goes home to lose his life.
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What is the significance of having Alan Brudno's letters in the text?
What is
Show's the war from a POWs perspective and that war never left those who left Vietnam.