CE Key Points Flashcards
(12 cards)
2x importance of ice evaluate
Carefully crafts descriptions
Engages our compassion
3x Dogs evaluate
-Weaves together powerful word choice and real life interviews
-Emotive language makes us resonate emotionally with the text
-forcing us to think of climate change in different ways.
4x MH evaluate
Poignant language conveys the true vulnerability of the greenlanders
We ache for their situation
Human cost is revealed
-McDougall not only deepens our understanding of the environmental crisis, but also stirs a sense of urgency and responsibility.
II Topic sentence 2x points
-Striking word choice and imagery
-Deepening the reader’s awareness of the environmental threat they face.
2x umbilical cord analyse
-The metaphor conveys a sense of nurture and dependency underscoring the ice’s role as both a physical and emotional foundation for the community.
-This image evokes a deep sense of vulnerability, compelling the reader to consider the devastating consequences of losing such a vital resource.
1x escape evaluate
Feel concern for a future where that peace is lost.
1x highway evaluate
This portrays the ice as essential for maintaining social bonds
1x son analyse
The word son carries deep connotations of love, loyalty, and familial responsibility, revealing the profound attachment between humans and animals in this context.
sympathy x12
stirs distress
elicits emotional engagement
encourages empathy
unsettled
heartbroken
lingering sense of sorrow
alarmed
pity
anguish
disturbed
Elicits a sense of despair
Induces moral outrage
homesick x2
-captures the disorienting effect of environmental degradation as Greenland no longer offers the familiarity, stability, or comfort it once did.
-Connotes a sense of alienation as they do not recognise their home
suggests/openers x9
underlines
draws attention to
indicates
reveals
illustrates
demonstrates
signifies
portrays
presents
evaluative phrases x5
deeply moving
expertly constructed
emotionally charged
Memorable
immersive
