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Description
Flashcards by JosephBailey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by JosephBailey
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Out of the Blue | 9/11 terrorist attack |
| Focus | Description of man's thoughts as he falls from one of the Twin Towers |
| Form | 7 irregular free verse - irregular lines - reflects free falling movements |
| Voice | Cold - almost unbelieving , Conveys sense of hopelessness esp last lines. |
| Structure | Direct to reader - emphatic statement Despair 'when will' Falling 'A bird goes by' Passes out ' Flagging' - irony - flag = patriotism, also flag stones on ground, Flagging - giving up |
| Sound Effects | alliteration on verbs = stresses moving ; 'ing' verbs(participles) reflecting movement;rhyme - keys words/ideas |
| Images | Mudance activities 'shaking crumbs' 'pegging' - contrasts to extraordinary of falling. Gills - fish - suffocationg |
| Repetition | Waving - frantic Watching - incredulity Appalling - depth Believing = emphasis watchers won't believe their eyes |
| Punctuation | Commas in lists of verbs. Variety of line lengths - jerky movement. Appalling - stressed. Commas to create rhythm of falling |
| Other Features | Questions - some not punctuated - not expecting answers = searching for answers |
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