A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat, Emma Levine

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Language Features:

‘Wacky races’- western cultural reference clash between cultures. Deviation of the normal

Direct speech- sense of authority

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Hyperbole- ‘We waited for eternity’

Bathos- ‘wobbly bicycle, who nearly fell off as he cycled’ injection of levity/ humour

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**Binary opposition- ‘lost faith… confident’ accentuates sense of trepidation.**

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