H Is For Hawk Flashcards

"Don' t want you going home with the wrong bird. "

Forshadowing - suggests that there could be a problem - creates anticipation and suspense

"Another hinge untied. Concentration, Infinite caution...Thump."

Short sentences create suspense, anticipation and excitement.

"Chaotic clatter of wings " "barred and beating"

alliteration emphasises wild and untamed nature of bird. Suggests bird is frightened and thus fierce, contrasting with beautiful description.

"A sudden thump of feathered shoulders and the box shook as if someone had punched it hard from within"

similies highlight bird's strength and allow readers to imagine bird's power.

"Her feathers raised like the scattered quills of a fretful porpentine. "

simile highlights how panicked, defensive and frightened the hawk is

"thump"

onamatapoer and repetition creates tention. Italics make it feel stronger

"we stared down at the boxes, at their parcel-tape handles, their doors of thin plywood and hinges of carefully attached string."

asyndeton - careful scrutiny creates tention and contrasts with later mistake

"She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel. A griffin from the pages of an illuminated bestiary"

metaphors emphasise her etherial beauty and her majestic, beautiful and dangerous appeerance

"He gathered up the hawk in one practised movement..."

long, complex sentance mirrors flowing action and creates feeling of admiring his skill.

"The whole world had fallen into them at once"

metaphor + hyperbole - hawk's amazement and shock.

"One, two, three"

tricolon creates sense of nervousness and reluctance to hide the hawk's beautiful eyes

"an alien brain fizzing and fusing with terror."

assonance and alliteration mimic jittery action.

"it was the wrong bird. This was the younger one. The smaller one. This was not my hawk."

Short sentences - shock and devestation - almost struggling to process.

Structure

One word paragraph 'oh' suggests huge dissapointment - world dulled in contrast to vibrancy of earlier. Dull shock

"like a victorian melodrama, a sort of madwoman in the attack."

Simile presents how unstable the hawk is

"smokier and darker and much, much bigger"

comparatives highlight how different she is to other hawk

"This isn't my hawk"

repetition highlights total disbelief and denial of new bird + confusion and dissapointment.

"Could I? Would it be alright, do you think?"

series of questions - frantic and fearful.

white faced woman with wind wrecked hair."

alliteration highlights her dishevelled apearance, creating sympathy - similar in appearance to other hawk - fated.

"There was a moment of total silence"

simple, short sentence leaves feeling of great tention.

"The air turned syrupy, slow, flecked with dust. The last few seconds before a battle. And with the last bow pulled free, he reached inside. "

short sentences and alliteration create tention for reader

"My heart jumped sideways."

metaphor highlights shock at beauty of bird or love