English Flashcards
Purpose of a prologue
Captivate the reader/ gain their attention
give backstory
Introduce characters
Preparing the readers for what’s to come
Provide for what’s to come
Provides mystery
Highlights themes
Base Details Key Words
pun
satire
caricature
Alliteration
Oxymoron
onomatopoeia
flippant
pun
A play on words that have different meanings
satire
The use of humour or exaggeration to make someone or something appear ridiculous or corrupt
caricature
An image usually a cartoon that exaggerate certain characteristics to make the person appear comical
alliteration
Repetition of consonant letters / sounds in a sentance
Oxymoron
Two contradictory words side by side
onomatopoeia
Words that sound like their meaning
flippant
A Dismissive attitude or remark/ action like you don’t
care about something
Description of “And when the war is done and the youth stone dead, i’d toddle safely home and die - in bed”
If he was a Major, Siegfried Sassoon would toddle safely home. The word ‘toddle’ shows that the poet thought of the Majors as fat. And the word ‘ Safely’ he is showing how they were more well off than the soldiers. By mentioning that he would die in bed, he is showing that the majors would have a peaceful death unharmed by war. The bed symbolised comfort and laziness
Description of “Yes, we lost heavily in this last scrap”
In this line, the poet used the word ‘ scrap ‘ when he is talking about a war. A scrap would be a fight but wouldn’t be a serious fight. This shows that the Majors in WWI did not have the horrifying experience of the soldiers.
Description of “Reading the role of honour. “ Poor young Chap” I’d say- ‘ used to know his father well”
The poet says that he would read the roll of honour ( list of the dead soldiers) but he wouldn’t show remorse for the dead soldiers. He would say “poor young chap” (chap shows how young he is ) but he doesn’t really care and he’d say ‘ i used to know his father well’
Description of “You’d see me with my puffy petulant face, Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel”
Siegfried Sassoon says that if he were a Major he would have a Puffy Petulant face and be “Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel” this means that he would have a puffy childish face and be eating as much as he wants in the best hotel.
Description of “And speed glum heroes up the line to death”
The Majors described by the poet send soldiers to the trenches where they would die. He calls the soldiers glum heroes the soldiers were carelessly sent to war like they were unwanted but the were heroes because they fought for their country .
Description of “If I were fierce and bald and short of breath, I’d live with scarlet Majors at the base”
In the first line siegfried sassoon, describes his view of a major in world war 1. He sees them as fierce and bald. By short of breath he means that they are unfit. In the second line he says that the majors he has described are the kind of people who would stay at the base.
scarlet - from too much alcohol
Responding to a poem
Include the name of the poem + poet
Always provide evidence from the poem (quotes)
Embed or interweave these quotes within your sentences
Evaluate your information
Reflect your response
Personal engagement is a must
what is TWIRL
T - Tone
How does it sound? Happy, sad, hopeful, despairing ect. What makes you think this?
W - What
What happend during the events of the Poem
I - Imagery
How does it Paint a Picture
R - Repitition
are there any words repeated? Why do you think this
L - Language
what type of language is used
Look over Annotations (Dulce et Decorum Est and flip)
The soldiers are ‘bent double’ - opposite to the posters view of the men with straight backs
The simile ‘like old beggars under sacks’ shows us how poor they are and how old and tired - they are weak, impoverished.
‘Knock-Kneed’ - they’re not scared; they’re exhausted
‘ coughing like hags’- sickly ill old, like old women who smoke heavily or witches- the image is not one we think of when we imagine soldiers
‘Cursed through sludge’ - not gentleman-like behaviour:the sludge would make it had work; extremely difficult.
‘Haunting flares’ - ghostly, nightmarish
‘Distant rest’- eternal rest
‘Blood Shod’ - with no boots the men would be in absolute agony
‘All went lame’ - can’t walk
‘Blind’ - loss of sight
‘Deaf’ - cant hear.
loss of all of their main senses why
The ironic thing is the gentle way these gas shells drop. They cause utter devastation and can kill within seconds. ‘Hoots’ make them sound gentle like owls or smaller birds.
This stanza is showing the men to be exhausted the walking dead, barely alive and fit for nothing, contradicting the government’s view
‘Gas!Gas! Quick Boys!’ - dialogue, dramatic departure from the last stanza
‘Flound’ring around like a man in fire or lime’ - this soldier is in hell, being burned
The word drowning is important here. The green glass makes the outside look like the sea. The man is drowning - drowning in his own blood
‘In all my dreams’- He cant stop thinking about him
‘ If… you too’ - a direct challenge to those who think they are brave
‘Like a devil’s sick of sin’ - the image may be so grotesque that even the devil feels sick / living hell
‘If you could hear’ - moving onto the aural section. The challenge is for you to have no feelings when you hear the blood in ‘froth-corrupted lungs
‘Vile incureable sores on innocent tounges’ the ‘dulce et’ saying comes from innocent mouths who havent seen the realities of was
‘Noble jest’ seemingly an oxymoron this isnt noble nor a jest
It ends with a very powerful statement. It’s a lie. As i said i always thought that lie and mori rhymed it had more of an impact on me
Iambic pentameter
Analysis of the Opening - Of Mices of Men
Setting
Empty but Full of Nature, with things such as brush, trees and a stream
Colours
There are many Summer themed colours such as green nature, yellow sand and white recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool
Imagery
The imagery in the story is mostly focused around the naturistic values with many images of the rivers, the animals such as Rabbits and lizards are mentioned to allow the reader to see these naturistic values of this area
Characters
My first impression of is Lennie is presented as animalistic features but is extremely childlike, like as of his fascination with animals and also is simple speech
My first impression of is Lennie is presented as this short man with temper issues with him snapping at anything that he feels annoys him but is extremely apologetic if does start like this
Features of a good closing to a novel / short story
Leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction - happy/Sad - but it feels right
The conflict is resolved
Sometimes a logical twist works well to surprise the reader
Appeals to our emotions
It should make sense and connect with the opening and middle of the story
Learn Base Details
Explain the theme of Dulce et decorum est. (essay)
The main theme that i can draw from wilfred owens poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ is the lie with deceit of the younger generation into believing that dying for your country is sweet and proper but if these ‘…innocent tounges’ knew the actual truth they ‘would not say with such high zest to children ardent for some desparate glory the old lie, “Dulce et Decorum est. pro patria mori”’ this show us, the reader that every thing the people say to us about fighting for your country is so honourable but the truth is that you feel scared half the time and feel like a pawn to the old lie as they see all these people ‘Guttering,choking,drowning’ we also see that the people who are subjected to see this vile end see it in all their dreams before their ‘helpless sight’.
