Intro

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Intro

• Title
• Poet
• Brief summary
• Techniques
• Refer to question

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Title
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STYLEThe effect depends on the contrast between
the emotional impact of the shocking incident and
the neutral way in which the poem is written.

• Instamatic -present tense
• makes us feel we are witnessing this - more
  impact
• newspaper layout -examples

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Lang /Vocabulary - Irony

• Diamonds
• ragged
• couple looking for ring

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Lang/vocabulary -word choice

• Suggests suffering of the couple
• shattered , caught spurts
• arterial beginning of pain expressions

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Lang/vocabulary - contrast

• We are horrified that in our society there are
  people who behave like the two callous youths.
• faces show no expression
• loot what they can smartly

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Lang/ vocabulary - hospitals

• Word choice has connotations of hospitals and the
  couples future.
• white coat
• operation

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Imagery /metaphors

• starfished out
• bristling with fragments of glass
• horrifying picture in our mind/makes us reflect
  on violent crime in our society.

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Conclusions theme of violence and societys
indifference to violence.

• Drivers deliberately ignore the event
• keep their eyes on the road
• sharp clear night
• Last lines make the theme of the poem clear . We
  are presented with a shocking image of what our
  society is like - youths stealing and murdering
  without a conscience and the public indifferent
  to suffering

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Useful phrases for commenting on quotations

• This word suggests/conveys
• It makes us think of..
• We are reminded of..
• Morgan chooses this metaphor to communicate that..

• I was shocked by the word(s) . because
• The poet makes us feel/think/
• understand.
• The word makes an impact because