The Explorer's Daughter Flashcards

"My heart urged the narwhal to dive, to leave, to survive".

List of three + tricolon + asyndeton - internal struggle and desperation for it to live.

"In that split second my heart leapt for both hunter and narwhal"

Metaphor - internal struggle - cares about both hunter and narwhal.

"Pods", "mattak", "tupilaks"

Factual language - emphasises her knowledge and makes us trust her.

"Spectral play of colour" "Glittering kingdom"

Semantic field of beauty emphasises the beauty of nature and creates impression of magical fantasy land detached from real world. Engages reader

"Only one annual supply ship" "Much needed extra income,"

emphasises necessity of hunting.

"They use every part of the animal"

Emphasises necessity of hunting and respect for narwhals

"Inteligent creatures," "Talk to one another," "senses are keen,"

description makes reader sympathise with narwhal and emphasises her reluctance to let them be killed.

"Flimsy kayak" "Easily capsized...drowned" "No rifle"

Emphasies archaic equipment they use and their necessity for hunting and bravery - emotive language - makes reader sympathise.

paragraph about hunting necessity "Much needed extra income juxtaposed with "Intelligent creature" paragraph about wondrous narwhals

Juxtaposition - emphasises her inner conflict and allows for balanced argument.

"meat could be sold to other hunters-"

long complex sentance - depth of need.

"It was like watching a vast, waterborne game ...

the hunter spread like a net around the sound."

Simile - visualise scene - suggests that everyone has to work together for success and emphasises the effort of hunters.

Structure

Use of different viewpoints emphasises difficulty to arrive at moral conclusion and creates moral dilema, creating tention in passage

turning butter gold

description - richness and beauty

if the narwhal existed at all or were instead mischevious tricks of shifting light

emphasises how they are almost too beautiful to be real - mischievous creates personality for narwhals - living entities.

harpoon tips and handles for other hunting impliments....

h alliteration and listing - useful nececity

do not kill seals using this method, nor do they kill for sport

contrast

imported goods can only...still only one annual

rep of only emphasises nececcity

practicality intruding on fantasy

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