Last Supper

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"she is "
Third person-objective, allowing harsh judgement of the women.
1 of 13
" not just for lent"
Christian reference
2 of 13
"for ever "
Certainty emphasised through enjambment, capitalisation and parenthesis.
3 of 13
"assembling"
WC - She is precise, in control, disspassionate
4 of 13
"scrambling"
WC - mixing things up, she is shaking up the status quo
5 of 13
"will have to lie on" " cooked goose"
well known puns suggesting accepting the consequences and someone being guilty with no hope of escape.
6 of 13
"what very good soup she could render from the bones"
metaphor - suggests that the failed relationship is turned into something her and her friends enjoy.
7 of 13
"something substantial"
Sibilance draws attention to the fact it is although the women are nourished and satisfy by the gossip.
8 of 13
"something tasty if not elegant"
Enjambment emphasises that their gossip is enjoyable but not sophisticated, tasteful or pleasant.
9 of 13
"cackling around the cauldron"
Onomatopoeia - vivid evocation of the sound, alliteration draws attention to the image that the women are seen as witches.
10 of 13
"gnawing on the knucklebone of some intricate irony "
Extended metaphor; the women gossiping is compared to cannibalising the man and eating what was said.
11 of 13
" the lies, fat, sizzling as sausages"
simile, his dishonesty is appetising.
12 of 13
"savage integrity"
juxtaposition implies that their humour is gained in a harmful way.
13 of 13

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Card 2

Front

Christian reference

Back

" not just for lent"

Card 3

Front

Certainty emphasised through enjambment, capitalisation and parenthesis.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

WC - She is precise, in control, disspassionate

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

WC - mixing things up, she is shaking up the status quo

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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