H is for Hawk

hawk - onomatopoeia

• The onomatopoeic noun ‘thump’ is used to convey a sense of the power of the first bird,

• emphasised further by the use of italics and repetition of the word

• Also, the onomatopoeia used in the phrases ‘whirring, chaotic clatter of wings and feet and talons’ and ‘high-pitched twittering’ conveys a sense of wild noise and confusion, suggesting that the bird may be frightened or panicking 

hawk - metaphor

• The time immediately before the first bird is seen is described using the metaphor of ‘The last few seconds before a battle’

•  leading the reader to infer that the bird may be aggressive 

hawk - description

• The description of the bird’s ‘alien brain fizzing and fusing with terror’, with its use of alliteration and half-rhyme,

• gives a strong impression of how frightening this experience must be for the bird 

hawk simile

the simile ‘like gold falling through water‘ suggests something very precious

Hawk repetition

• repetition of the adjective ‘enormous‘ with use of italics emphasises the size of the first bird

Hawk single line para

• single line paragraph five with 4 short blunt sentences

• states at beginning “It was the wrong bird“

• this conveys writers shock and as with the first bird, reader is introduced to second bird