English flash cards for articles
(23 cards)
What is the tricolon in Game of polo with headless goat
Voices were raised, fists were out, tempers rising
What form is the explorers daughter in?
Autobiography, travel writing
What tone is young and dyslexic in?
Serious and humourous
What is the purpose of Chinese cinderella?
To entertain
“Either way taxpayer sets rescue bill”
Explorers or boys messing about. The tone in the 2nd part of the headline is critical of the expense of rescuing them.
“Explorers or boys messing about”
Rhetorical question. Catches the readers attention and makes them question how responsible the explorers are.
“Involved the Royal Navy, RAF and British coast guards”
Explorers or boys messing about. Use of listing shows the scale of the rescue. Supports that the writer is negative about the cost of the rescue and resources wasted.
Form of H is for Hawk
Memoir
What are the perspectives in H is for hawk?
First person throughout but switches from the writers perspective to the hawks and then back to the writers for the end.
How does 127 hours start?
In media res which means middle of the action
‘Nothing.’
127 hours. Minor sentence cliff hangar informing reader that his attempts to free his arm have failed but leaves them without a resolution.
What is the form of 127 hours?
Autobiography
‘But Im stuck.’
127 hours. Short sentence emphasises that his effort is futile.
‘Size of large bus tire.’ ‘Akin to climbing down from the roof of a house.’
127 hours. Visual imagery enabling non-climbing readers to visualise his situation.
‘My mind commands my body’
127 hours. Binary juxtaposition - he knows he has to be in the right mental attitude to help himself.
‘Stemming or chimneying’
127 hours. Technical climbing terms convey his expertise.
‘Ms Vesty said’ Explorers or boys messing about.
Wife of expeditioner. Sets sarcastic tone for ending and implies men were comical. Represents the men like children.
‘And’ ‘And’ ‘and’
H is for hawk. Polysyndeton increases pace + sense of chaos and activity as bird emerges in box
‘The point source glitter on the waves a diving cramorant a hundred yards out’
H is for hawk. Asyndeton accumulation of images emphasises how precise the birds vision is.
What is the form of A Passage to Africa?
Autobiographical travel writing
‘Hungry lean and scared’
A Passage to Africa. Triplet of emotive language creates pity in reader.
‘Twin evils of hunger and disease’
A passage to Africa. Personification represents as
