A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat

A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat

1. Genre

   • Travel writing
     • Clear focused plot
       • Highly descriptive
         • Includes some factual info to educate the reader
     • Makes wider inferences about humanity
   • Autobiographical
     • Reveals Levine's attitudes and values
     • Narrative often interupted by her thoughts, afterthoughts and comments
     • Draws on her family's love of sport

2. Structure

   • Opening
     • In midst of the action
     • Very descriptive first 3 paragraphs to set the scene and atmosphgere
     • Slow paced to reflect tranquility of location
   • Middle
     • Pace picks up in paragraph 4
       • Short sentences
       • active verbs
     • Literary language
       • Onomatopeia
       • similes
       • Metaphors
     • sensory language
       • adjectives
       • onomatopeia
   • Ending
     • Change of tone
       • Violent verbs
       • Increased tension
       • Yaqoob and Iqbal's behavior changes
     • Humourous
       • Lightens the mood
       • Laughs off potential danger
       • attitude remains amused and indulgent

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