Between a Rock And a Hard Place Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
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Mathematical Language
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“eleven or twelve feet high, a foot higher”
- Illustrates confidence and expertise
2
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Expert Language
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“refrigerator chockstone”
- Further reinforces professionalism
3
Q
Detached Tone
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“I come to another drop - off”
- Build suspense off the tricky situation
4
Q
Active voice / Repetition of first person pronouns
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” I traverse” “ I press” “I kick”
- Self reassurance - focuses everything onto him to build up to climax
5
Q
Personification
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” Backlit chockstone falling toward my head consumes the sky”
- Illustrates the size of rocks - impending doom and fear builds up - death
6
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Alliteration
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“rock ricochets”
- Intensifies the movements of the rock - tensions build up more
7
Q
Short Sentence
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“Then silence”
- Abruptly stops the violent image created by the rocks - suspense
8
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Short Sentence
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“But I’m Stuck”
- Simplicity of sentence emphasises the dilemma of being stuck
9
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Alliteration (2)
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“Grimace and Growl”
- Emphasise / illustrates the unpleasant emotions from narrator due to violence from rocks.
10
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Temporal Expression
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“Instantly”
- Aggressively Increases the Pace of scenario
- Builds up tensions faster - panicked
11
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Violent imagery
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“tearing” “crushes” “ensnares”
- Demonstrates a visual grotesque scene of the rocks crushing hand - Lost control
12
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One Word sentence
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- Last line
- Lost control
13
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topic sentences
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- Confident
- Lost control
- Panic
