Transcript Document
Part B Support Material
Introduction
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In Year 11 and 12 English, you will be required to analyse a range of text independently. When analysing these texts, you will need analyse how the composers utilise specific techniques to convey specific ideas about the set concept under investigation.
Composing Idea Sentences
• • How does a journey impact on an individual? – Example 1: When an individual embarks on a journey this will lead to a change in the way they view themselves and the world. – Example 2: When an individual undertakes a quest in search for enlightenment this leads to greater insight into the way the world operates. Rules for idea sentences: – 1) start the sentence with something that indicates an individual going on a journey – 2) Link the journey to a specific purpose – use page 5 of Journey Booklet to help . – – – 3) Link the purpose and journey to a consequence 4) It must answer the question 5) What happens after the idea sentence, must support the idea sentences.
Examples of Idea Sentences
• • When an individual undertakes a journey in search of
redemption and renewal, the repetitive nature of life
creates
physical and psychological barriers
that lead to a sense of
detachment and alienation.
When an individual undertakes a journey in search of
reconciliation, the attitudes of others
creates
an inner struggle
that leads to a sense of
confusion and uncertainty.
Visual Texts
• How does the cartoon convey a number of ideas about journey?
– Structure • 1) Idea sentence answering the question • 2) Description: one or two sentence description that describes the image (when it is a written text you need to provide a quote) • 3) Technique: identify a visual technique that the cartoon uses that supports your idea • 4) Explanation: how does the technique and quote support your idea about journey. – In your explanations, answer these questions: » How does the technique convey the effect stated in the technique sentence?
» Are there any other techniques that reinforce the effect?
» How does the technique/s support your idea sentence?
» How does one’s context (personal, cultural, social and/or historical) influence their experiences on a journey?
Visual Techniques
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Salience Vectors Symbolism Colour Juxtaposition Contrast Layout Character positioning Shot type Body language (posture) Gaze Framing Positioning Omissions Compositions
Text A: Cartoon
Modelled Response
When an individual embarks on a journey in search for renewal and enlightenment, inner struggles can creates physical and intellectual limitations that lead to a sense of detachment and helplessness. travelling upon. journey. For example, in ‘Text A’, it depicts a man walking from right to light with his thoughts pouring out of his head and paving a path that he is Here, the cartoonist has utilised both salience and vectors to highlight how an individual’s inability to move away from the past creates barriers on their Moreover, through the use of salience, the viewer immediately notices the curved posture of the man with his arms hanging helplessly by his side. This indicates that this individual feels a sense of lose and detachment because of the subdued and inactive posture. This is reinforced by the use of vectors, which guide the viewer’s gaze from the individual to his thoughts, which are flowing out of his head like a spring of water, but rather than paving a path in front of the individual, the path is being paved behind the individual. This indicates a sense stagnation because of his inability to look forward and move away from his past and hence, his journey to renewal and enlightenment with be replaced with detachment and helplessness as he becomes engulfed within his internal sphere with thoughts that limit his progress and thus his journey will become fruitless and meaningless.
Poem
• How does the poem convey a number of ideas about journey?
– Structure • 1) Idea sentence answering the question • • 2) Quote that supports your main idea 3) Technique: identify a visual technique that the cartoon uses that supports your idea • 4) Explanation: how does the technique and quote support your idea about journey. – In your explanations, answer these questions: » How does the technique convey the effect stated in the technique sentence?
» » Are there any other techniques that reinforce the effect?
How does the technique/s support your idea sentence?
» How does one’s context (personal, cultural, social and/or historical) influence their experiences on a journey?
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alliteration Assonance Hyperbole Imagery Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Repetition Pun Symbolism Allusion Irony Paradox Oxymoron Hyperbole Contrast Juxtaposition Tone Anaphora Enjambment Sibilance Simile Rhythm Rhyme Derogatory language Rhetorical language Imperative language Colloquial language Emotive language
Poetic Techniques
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Focus Poem: Weapon’s Training by Bruce Dawe
And when I say eyes right I want to hear those eyeballs click and the gentle pitter-patter of falling dandruff you there what's the matter why are you looking at me are you a queer?
look to your front if you had one more brain it'd be lonely what are you laughing at you in the back row with the unsightly fat between your elephant ears open that drain you call a mind and listen remember first the cockpit drill when you go down be sure the old crown-jewels are safely tucked away what could be more distressing than to hold off with a burst from your trusty weapon a mob of the little yellows only to find back home because of your position your chances of turning the key in the ignition considerably reduced? allright now suppose for the sake of argument you've got a number-one blockage and a brand-new pack of Charlies are coming at you you can smell their rotten fish-sauce breath hot on the back of your stupid neck allright now what are you going to do about it? that's right grab and check the magazine man it's not a woman's tit worse luck or you'd be set too late you nit they're on you and your tripes are round your neck you've copped the bloody lot just like I said and you know what you are? You're dead, dead, dead
Modelled Response
When an individual embarks on a forced journey, the attitudes of others creates a sense of animosity that creates a sense of dehumanisation and hate. Within this context, in the poem, ‘Weapon’s Training’ the persona states, ‘you've got a number-one blockage and a brand-new pack of Charlies are coming at you you can smell their rotten fish-sauce breath hot on the back of your stupid neck allright now what are you going to do about it?’ Here, Dawe has utilised derogatory language to highlight how before the soldiers enter battle they go through a process of dehumanisation in which hate is instilled in their hearts. Moreover, the use of derogatory language, such as, ‘number-one blockage’, correlates killing in war to a man’s sense of masculinity and hence, it implies that a man who is scared is no longer a man. The drill sergeant is attempting to transform the soldiers into killing machines by challenging and questioning their manhood and thus the soldiers a placed in a position where they need to prove their masculinity. This is reinforced by the further use of derogatory language, such as, ‘Charlies’ and ‘smell their rotten fish-sauce breath’, which seeks to demonise the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Through this process of demonisation, the drill sergeant was attempting to convey an image of the Vietnamese as less than human. The aim here is the remove all emotions attached the human life so that the soldiers will be able to kill without remorse and hence, the attitude of the drill sergeant is attempting to create a sense of animosity towards the Vietnamese. Finally, these individual soldiers, who have overtaken a during not by their choosing, as many were conscripted, have been hypnotised by a drill sergeant who wants them to become killing machines, which forced them to adopt both an internal and external journey of killing and atrocities.
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Poetic Techniques Poem
Autobiography/Prose Fiction
• How does the autobiography/prose fiction convey a number of ideas about journey?
– Structure • 1) Idea sentence answering the question • • 2) Quote that supports your main idea 3) Technique: identify a visual technique that the cartoon uses that supports your idea • 4) Explanation: how does the technique and quote support your idea about journey. – In your explanations, answer these questions: » How does the technique convey the effect stated in the technique sentence?
» » Are there any other techniques that reinforce the effect?
How does the technique/s support your idea sentence?
» How does one’s context (personal, cultural, social and/or historical) influence their experiences on a journey?
Autobiography/Prose Fiction
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Characterisation Themes Conflict Plot Dialogue Setting Perspective Descriptive language Sentence structure Tone Emotive language Literary techniques – similes, metaphors…. Parts of Speech – nouns, adjectives… Conjunctions…