‘127 hours’ (paper 1) Lang and structure

Structure quote: ‘You can imagine using it to climb up the inside of a chimney’

Technique:

Effect on reader:

Direct address using 2nd Person

Use of you demonstrates the writer directly speaking to the reader involving them in the experience

Language point:

“A chock stone the size of a large bus tyre”

Technique then effect on reader

Metaphor, Comparing it to something the reader will probably have seen before CREATES A MORE ACCURATE image in readers mind

Language point

‘I’ll dangle off the chockstone”

Technique and effect on reader

Verb/word choice. Using the word dangle gives the impression of a precarious position. This creates a feeling of danger and suspense for the reader

Language quote:” I grimace and growl”

Technique and effect on reader

Alliteration creates sound of a growl in the readers head. Demonstrates how painful the experience is for the writer. Creates empathy from the reader

Structure point :”Nothing”

Technique and effect on the reader

One word sentence. The shortness of the sentence communicates the desperation and loss of hope the writer feels. Reader left with a terrible sense of hopelessness and despair. He is trapped

Themes

Survival, danger, pain, fear, determination

Important structure to know

First four paragraphs are factual =understanding