From 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston

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Language Features in the first paragraph
1st person narrative- autobiographical, intimate

Technical/ functional language- shows his expertise

Metaphor- ‘refrigerator chockstone’ emphasizes the size of the boulder

Foreshadowing- ‘refrigerator chockstone is wedged between the walls’

Repetition of diction referring to confined spaces- ‘claustrophobic…short tunnel… sot narrows to a consistent three feet across’
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Language Features in the second paragraph
Didactic language

claustrophobic semantic field- ‘stemming or chimneying… chimney’

Direct address to reader- ‘you’
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Language Features in the third paragraph
metaphor- ‘chockstone the size of a large bus tire’- shows the size and weight of the rock

First person narrative- intensifies the claustrophobia
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Language features in the fourth paragraph
Specific , functional details- ‘south wall… left knee… north wall’

First intonation of tension- ‘supports me but teeters slightly’

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Language Features in the fifth paragraph
Pivotal line- ‘Instantly, I know this is trouble’
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Language Features in the sixth paragraph
Description of temporality- ‘normal speed. Time dilates, as if I’m dreaming… decelerate… slow motion’ flashbacks. can’t reconcile the past.

Juxtaposition- ‘Then silence’. Juxtaposition between the horrific sound f the boulder and silence creates an eerie and tense atmosphere.
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Language features in the seventh paragraph
Primeval raw reaction to danger. Visceral, human, raw emotions throughout the seventh and eighth paragraphs.

Alliterative phrase- ‘I grimace and growl’
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Structural features in the seventh paragraph
Short sentence- ‘But I’m stuck’- accentuates sense of fear and panic. \[Two short sentences at the end of the sixth and seventh paragraphs\]
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Language Features in the eighth paragraph
Semantic field of intensity, panic, trauma and claustrophobia- ‘searing-hot pain… frantic… cry out… desperate… adrenaline-stoked… raging… brute force… shove… heaving… pushing… lifting… thrust… grunting’
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