Language features

Metaphor – Time is a thief – takes opportunities/life, Time= negative

Hyperbole – I’m so hungry i could eat a horse – exaggeration by stating the impossible

Personification – The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way – Negative connotation. Consume, eat, demolish, destroy, hungry, unstoppable, greedy

Simile – When the exam was over she felt light as a feather – Weight of exams are off her shoulders, relieved, free, weightless, no pressure

Alliteration – Kim’s kid kept kicking like crazy – Flow, rhythm, ‘K’ repeated, hammer, banging

Metaphor – She has such a bubbly personality – Fun, light, bath, sun, positive, connotations -> happy, fizzy drinks

Personification – The milks favourite cookie was oreo –

Personification – April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land – cruel & breeding

Metaphor – He reeks of infidelity – bad smell -> cheating – means it is very obvious that he is cheating

TAKO introductions

T – title

A – author

K – keywords

O – outline

SEXY paragraphs

S – statement – one sentence that says what the body paragraph is about

E – explain – expand on the statement. add detail. what the statement means

X – example – quotes, scenes, film techniques, special characters

Y – your opinion – directors/authors purpose, beyond the texts (connects to outside world) and link back to the statement