Portfolio Assesment 3

Question 1

Discursive – Motif

Answer 1

“fight” / “corset”

Question 2

Discursive – Rhetorical Question

Answer 2

“Is it normal to bash someone for a sport?” / “Was I becoming someone else”

Question 3

Discursive – Tone Shift

Answer 3

“hand still shakes lifting a spoon” / “Something in me winced.”

Question 4

Discursive – Anecdote

Answer 4

“mum said she would kill me / “I kept walking”

Question 5

Imaginative – Trauma- imagery

Answer 5

“His badge had weight beyond the grave.” / “afraid of everything.”

Question 6

Imaginative – Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 6

“Thunder roars” / “Lightning ripped the sky apart.”

Question 7

Imaginative – Symbolism

Answer 7

“Colour ceases to exist.” / “the fair”

Question 8

Imaginative – Anagnorisis

Answer 8

“That’s my daughter’s name.” / “She knew now.”

Question 9

themes fun at the fair

Answer 9

Fear and Anxiety
Childhood Trauma
Loss of Innocence
Isolation and Loneliness
Overwhelm / Emotional Chaos
symbolism / Realisation
Disillusionment with Adults
Unpredictability of the World
Emotional Abandonment
Identity and Internal Conflict

Question 10

themes 8 days in a corset

Answer 10

Femininity and the Performance of Gender
Clothing as Identity and Transformation
Cultural Constructions of Beauty
Power, Class, and Restriction in Fashion
Feminism and the Female Body
The Eroticism of Dress and Bodily Awareness
Fashion as Cultural Storytelling
Objectification vs. Self-Expression
The Mirror and Self-Perception
Intersections of Memory, Fantasy, and Reality through Dress

Question 11

Motif

Answer 11

The lights,- badge

Question 12

8 days in a corset author

Answer 12

Siri Hustvedt

Question 13

Fun at the fair author

Answer 13

Elizabeth harrowers