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Critical Essay - Strawberries Flashcards

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What are the main techniques/ideas to include in a form paragraph?

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  • Free verse - Lack of structure
  • Enjambement (continuation of a line)
  • Lack of Punctuation
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What does lack of punctuation show?

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o	Pure emotion
o	Unfiltered
	No rules/boundaries
o	Lack of constraint
	Carefree
	Liberation
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What does a slow pace create?

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An erotic feeling

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What is enjambment?

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The continuation of a sentence over lines

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What does enjambment show?

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	Indulging 
	Lost in the memories
o	Freedom
o	Free flowing thoughts
- Slow pace
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What does free verse show?

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o Free flowing thoughts

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How would you write a topic sentence for a form paragraph?

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Morgan uses form to establish a (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/transience) in the poem.

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What are the key ideas that should be included in a symbolism paragraph?

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  • Title
  • Red colour
  • Sweet taste
  • Ripeness
  • Summer
  • Not bitter about it coming to an end
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What does the title of the poem show?

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The significance of the strawberries

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What does the red colour of strawberries represent?

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Lust

Passion

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What is the importance of the sweet taste in the poem? What it the point?

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  • Sensual quality
  • Focus on the mouth
  • Erotic feeling
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What does the ripeness of a strawberry represent in the poem?

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  • Short period
  • Transience
  • Fleeting nature
  • Fling
  • Summer
  • Turn sour
  • Persona not bitter about things coming to an end
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What does summer symbolise in the poem?

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  • Peak
  • Heat
  • Catalyst of relationship
  • Links with afternoon
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How would you construct a topic sentence for symbolism?

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A (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/sense of transience) is added to through the poets use of symbolism.

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What quote is used for simile?

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“abandoned like a child”

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How would you start the simile paragraph?

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Just as….so too

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For simile, just as children are…

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  • energetic
  • carefree
  • trusting
  • pure
  • innocent
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For simile, so too do we understand that the lovers…

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  • Are excited by each other
  • trust each other
  • are young and naïve
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What does childhood represent?

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  • Confidence
  • No worries
  • Happy
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How is the idea of transience included in a simile paragraph?

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Children

  • grow old
  • lose livelihood
  • lose innocence
  • lust disappears
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What is the standard topic sentence for simile?

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Simile is utilised by the poet to convey a (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/sense of transience)

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What should be included in a repetition paragraph?

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  • Command verb
  • Labial dental
  • stressed “t”
  • meaning of let
  • monosymbolic
  • significance
  • immersed
  • reliving
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Why is ‘let’ repeated?

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To emphasis its importance

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What does the labial dental do?

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  • on the ‘l’ sound

- associated with eroticism

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What is the literal root of the word 'let'
To submit, allow and invite
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What is the persona hoping to achieve by using the word 'let'?
Asking for the experience to be recreated, to be able to relive it again
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What is important about 'let'?
Carries connotations about living in the moment | The persona seeks to experience the event once again through (the power of memory)`
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What is the key message given by the repetition of 'let'?
To appreciate fleeting moments To slow down To not rush
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What does the stressed 't' add to the poem?
Sounds more forceful and significant | Persona begging to be allowed to relive the experience
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What is the standard topic sentence for repetition?
The poet uses repetition to deepen the (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/sense of transience)
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What should be included in a alliteration paragraph?
Sibilance Sensuality Voiceless alveolar fricative Erotic
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What is sibilance and what is it's purpose in the poem?
- Repetition of the letter 's' - Mirrors soft hush of the day, the idea of summer sounds - Creates an immersive sensory experience - Represents sensuality
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What is voiceless alveolar fricative and how does it contribute to the poem?
- Sound articulated via the tip of the tongue - Creates erotic feel by drawing attention to the mouth - Is a reflection of the passion felt by the persona
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What is the standard topic sentence for alliteration?
The poet uses alliteration to deepen the (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/sense of transience)
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What quote is used for pathetic fallacy?
"let the storm wash away the plates"
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What should be included in the pathetic fallacy paragraph?
- Storm - "summer lightning" - Reset to equilibrium
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In pathetic fallacy, what does the storm represent?
- Build up of sexual tension - Humidity - Friction - Transience - Passion
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What does the humidity represent in pathetic fallacy?
Climax Peak Intensity
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What does "summer lightning" represent?
Sparks | - electricity
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What does the reset to equilibrium represent?
Short term fling | Transience
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What is the standard topic sentence for pathetic fallacy?
The technique of Pathetic Fallacy is used by Morgan to show this (memorable experience/passionate tone/sense of wonder/sense of transience)
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How do you write a good introduction?
- Name of poem and author - Techniques used - What these techniques do (ref to question) - What the poem is about (recalling a lustful, sexual encounter on a sultry summer afternoon)
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What is enjambement?
The continuation of a sentence over lines
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What order do the paragraphs go in?
``` Form Symbolism Simile Repetition Alliteration Pathetic Fallacy ```

Higher English - 2021/2022 (5 decks)

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