Tutor time take away challenges a680 English

Tutor time take away challengesa680 English: q2ZHS, 2014 = mildly difficult

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This Weeks Focus: Q2 Structural AnalysisIt is important that you understand how the text is organised.You should think about what we see first (foregrounding) and why. Can you spot links between the language used and the image? The verb REINFORCES is useful hereAre there changes in language across the text? JUXTAPOSITIONHow does the text conclude? For what effect?Pre-read:Read the text and determine which parts of the text are actually useful to the question not all of the article will be relevant.Q2: Always start with what is foregrounded (the first thing you see)

The title is foregrounded in this article. What does it give away? How can you still link it to the question though?What type of narration is it?A) Sounds remarkable; very grizzly implies survival was difficult or unlikely; narration is retrospective/past tense3Q2: Also foregrounded is this image and caption. Can you analyse it in detail? Use the prompts to help you.

The bears mouthThe bears body angleThe proportion/ratio of the image the bear takes up

Which words in the caption would you say the image REINFORCES?

A) The bear takes up a large proportion of the image to make it seem a larger threat; the mouth is open and more threatening; the body angle suggests the bear is actively hunting. All of these elements imply the bear is powerful and charging. The reader is positioned as if the bear is searching for them.4Q2: The structural impact of the opening paragraph

Terminology Spotting

Write down the following examples of:

SibilanceTripling of adverbsImperative sentenceDeclarative sentenceMetaphorFactEffective adjectivesSibilance/tripling: slowly, sedately, stealthily; Imperative: Forget the cuddly creature; Declarative: You never; Metaphor: killing machine; Fact: 70 stone; Effective adjectives: devastating, explosive

5Q2: The structural impact of the opening paragraphQuote/TerminologyIntention of the WriterEffect felt by the readerYou neverDeclarative AdverbImplies event is incomparable and emotional through adverb never. Declarative shows writers confidence /certainty.Reader now expects a recount of something terrifying enough to have left a lasting impression.Slowly, sedately, stealthilyTriplingAdverbssibilanceWriter emphasises the movement of the bear. The sibilance implies subtlety and despite its size is a hidden predatory creature.The bear is depicted as a relentless predator through the tripling. The sibilance implies the bear is calculated.Forget the cuddly creaturedeclarativeJUXTAPOSED WITHdevastating, explosive speedMetaphorEffective adjectivesThe writer immediately seeks to dismiss any preconceptions of the reader. Cuddly is replaced by metaphorical explosiveThe reader becomes aware of the unpredictable nature of a creatures whose threat is hidden and not always obvious.70 stone killing machineFactmetaphorThe writer deliberately selects facts on the bears weight and power to emphasise its potential threat. Machine is selected because it is emotionless and therefore remorseless.The fact the bear is 70 stone is shocking and reinforces the metaphor machine. This also adds to the idea of a relentless, calculated predator.

6Q2: The structural impact of the closing paragraph

Terminology SpottingWrite down the following examples of:Simple sentencesHyperbole (exaggeration)UnpredictabilityLook back to the opening paragraph, does the decision of the bear just to leave contrast with anything? Why do you think the opening paragraph is different in terms of tone with regards to the writers purpose?Well look at the rest of the text next week

The unpredictability is juxtaposed against the metaphor machine in the opening paragraph. This implied the bear was almost a programmed killer but at the end the threat dissolves as if it were fickle7