Taking on the World
- Created by: raabiasakeena
- Created on: 29-11-15 18:00
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- Taking on the World
- Introduce the idea of hardship
- "The hardest climb to date"
- Repetition reinforces hardship
- "harder and harder"
- Personifies the boat this establishes a relationship
- Uses direct speech to reflect personal strength
- "Come on kiddo"
- Verbs reflect struggle against elements
- "Cling on" "Snow began to fall"
- Vivid descriptive language allows reader to share experience
- "Eyes closed and teeth gritted"
- Language less formal at the end of the task
- Sensory language
- "The wind whistled past us"
- Danger shown by acknowledgment "It would not be hard to break bones"
- Organised and conscientious
- "I worked hard through the night" - huge effort to prepare and get it right
- Ägonized for hours
- Figurative language lets reader understand feelings and vulnerable nature of task. Also the danger
- "A world over which I had no control"
- Aimed at people with interest in sailing technical terms are not explained.
- "Halyards"
- Introduce the idea of hardship
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