Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
- Created by: crazybanana24
- Created on: 03-06-18 12:46
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- A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
- juxtaposition of refined polo with savage, crazy goat: creates interest for readers
- 'We waited for eternity'
- hyperbole: use of extremism fits with the rest of the text, all very extreme
- 'clouds of fumes and dust'
- element of mystery: she doesn't know what's going to happen just as the reader is unsure
- 'speeds of up to 40kph'
- very impressive and comparable for readers.
- juxtaposes ridiculousness of it all
- 'horns tooting, bells ringing... special rattles'
- triplet emphasises and builds up the volume
- cacophony of noise
- triplet emphasises and builds up the volume
- paragraph 5 is short, with lots of detail: reflects the business of the race
- also very long sentences and overwhelming detail echoes chaotic race: list to speed up pace
- asyndeton
- also very long sentences and overwhelming detail echoes chaotic race: list to speed up pace
- 'The race was over.'
- short sentence emphasises the abruptness of race's end
- 'But I don't even have my license yet... I'm underage'
- unlawfulness of this reflects the race (no traffic rules, racing down a main road)
- reference to 'Wacky Races'
- allows reader to relate race to a cartoon, which also conjures images of anarchy and chaos found in cartoons
- 'We drove off...'
- immediate high energy start to the article sets the pace and lets us know this is going to be fast and exciting
- lull of tension made by villager on their bicycle
- allows an even more exciting climax: created by longer sentences
- 'Coming, coming...'
- lack of any time phrase and urgency illustrates laidback lifestyle, which juxtaposes the West: F1 races have definite start times
- 'Yaqoob loved it'
- short sentence highlights certainty of the statement.
- simplistic joy echoes the simpler lfestyle
- 'the finishing line, the hospital gate'
- foreshadowing: expecting an accident to occur
- 'Voices were raised, fists were out and tempers rising'
- triplet and sibilance to emphasise danger. Feeling it is still rising made by continuous tense
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