English language features and persuasive techniques used in written and visual texts

Written convection

• Connotation - Meaning that is suggestive not literal

• Sensory Details - appeal to the 5 senses

• Metaphore - not like or as

• Personification

• Similie - like or as

• Symob - example black = evil

• Alliteration - repitation of the first letter

• Assonance - repitition of the same vowle

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony - example , if it were a cold, rainy gray day, you might say, “What a beautiful day!”

• Satire- use of humour to expose people's stupidity on an issue

• tone

• oxymoron - placing opposites together

• illusion

• extended metaphore - long metaphore

Physica apperaance (visual convection)

• Facial expression

• Body langaue

• posture

• proximity

• Clothing for example ripped clothings can show povety

• enviroment

Camera Angles

• close up -Face

• Long shot - More environment/ makes the charactet tiny

• Full shot - full body

• Meduim Shot - Torso + head

• birds eye shot - looking down at teh subject (powerless/ inferior)

• eye level shot

• low angle shot - looking up at the subject (dominace /power)

Of mice and men introduction

In John Steinbecks, ‘ Of mice and men’ written in the late 1930s during the econimcal crisis, follows the lives of 2 migrant workers, George and Lennie who move from job to job in serch of a better life. The novella takes place on a ranch in Soledad, with George and Lennie’s aspiration of owning a peiece of land during such a harsh era.

Of mice and men (Curlys wife) the idea of sexism

• desires to be in the ‘pitchers’

• through the use of color, Steinbeck portrays women to be dangrous creatures of deisre. Curly’s wife is decribed as “roughed lips”,”red mules” and “red ostrich feathers”, which proves women to be the object of mens desires

• The colour red depicts dnger and evil

• Steinbeck ostracizes Curly’s wife, by describing her as a ‘lousy tart',’god damn tramp”, poisen’ and “rattrap”, which proves that women were seen as no more than an object of a man desire

• Women were more objectified and seen as mens property than a whole being. This is shown simply through the namelessness of curly’s wife, all she is seen to be is another part of the american dream that curly has attained.

• Societal challanges that women faced in this era was bigoted and mysoginistic one.

• Women were dehumanized.objectified and sexualised on thr basis of gender

of mice and men (the idea of the elusive american dream)

• "every damn one of em’s got a little peice of land in his head.And never a god damn one of em’s ever gets it. Just like heaven.” Steinbeck applied the comparison between ‘heaven’ and ‘land’ to state the suggestion that god has abandoned ‘every god damn on of em’s’ and all hope is lost.Additionally, the constanst repetition of ‘damn’ and never shows how aggrived and hurt Crooks is that George and Lennie are no different to the hundreds of men Crooks has seen before.

• Disappointment,deprivation and stuggle

Setting the Scene

Hena faced her father, the man who had raised her with love but now stood before her with malice in his eyes, intent on her demise. In that moment, a whirlwind of emotions churned within her, a agitated sea of betrayal, sadness, and lingering affection for the man he used to be.

Action Sequence 1

As they circled each other, each step a painful reminder of the shattered bond between them. Hena lunged forward with her dagger, but her father fended off her attack with his staff and sending her stumbling back.

Action Sequence 2

Regaining her balance and charging again, this time aiming for his legs. But her father was too agile, dodging her attack and swinging his staff at her head.Hena ducked just in time, narrowly avoiding the blow. She counterattacked, slashing at her father's side with her dagger. But he was too quick, jumping back and narrowly avoiding her blade.

Action Sequence 3

They continued to fight,Hena saw her chance, she seized the opportunity, lunging forward with all her might.Her dagger found its mark, sinking deep into her father's chest. He stumbled back, his eyes widening in shock, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Ending

Hena stood over him, overwhelmed as she looked down at her fallen father. A profound mixture of shock, horror, and disbelief washed over her, leaving her numb and breathless.