Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Rant forms



Complain about this thing that bothers you. Use specific personal experiences.

use:

  • ambiguity
  • irony (the unexpected)
  • projection (imagine if)
  • syntax 
  • diction
  • hyperbole
  • contrast
  • repetition
  • analogy


Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Rants

criticise
be direct
be funny
use analogies (it's like......)

McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.



Julian - gaming addiction

Kasper - Sweden

Georgiosz - being overweight

Mark - homework

Charles - smoking

Benedicte - bad advertisng

Vlada - uniforms

Flore - people who tease about accents

Isabel - sarcastic people

Joanna - Holland

Kriszti -  smoking

Laura - exams

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

looking for......

What's the big idea?

What is the intent of the story/ speech/ poem/ article?


Imagery

Figurative language
Metaphors, Personification
Similes
Symbols (motifs)
Onomatopoeia




rhetorical devices
repetition
listing
alliteration
rhetorical q
contrast/juxtaposition
naming
jargon

tone (voice)
mood (from description of setting)




Wednesday, 11 May 2016

ORDER ORDER ORDER!!!

Introduction

Text and Context

Theme 1           include motifs

Theme 2           include motifs

Theme 3 (as necessary)    include motifs

Theme 4 (as necessary)     include motifs

Characterization  (Christopher) 

  • confirmation of a characteristic
  • development/change in a characteristic
  • new characteristic introduced

Christopher as Narrator

Characterization  (other major character as applies)

Characterization  (other major character as applies)

other elements (as necessary)  

  • imagery
  • figurative language
  • rhetorical devices
Conclusion