Basking Shark Flashcards

1
Q

To stub

A

Beginning line with infinitive puts emphasis on the word stub showing the drama of the moment

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2
Q

Stub

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Blunt motion

Suddenly and abruptly stopped

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3
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Rock

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Metaphor shows that shark is hard solid and not living or intelligent

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4
Q

Slounge

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Onomatopoeia and word choice

Suggests sound of movement, the shark moving clumsily out of the sea

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5
Q

To stub…

To have…

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Repetition build momentum towards final line

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6
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Slounge… Sea

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Alliteration to draw attention to moment

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7
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Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me

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Deliberately clumsy sentance structure creates a sense of awkwardness at an uncomfortable memory

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8
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(Too often)

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Adds a tone of humour

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9
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But not too often - though enough

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Disjointed sentance structure makes it look as if Macaig is changing his mind on how he views the experience

After carefully controlled infinitive verb structure the syntax seems to break down suggesting confusion

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10
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A sea tin tacked with rain

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Metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia

Creates picture of sharp raindrops hitting relentlessly off the surface

Harsh T sounds conveys pinging noise of raindrops emphasising metaphor

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11
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That room sized monster with a matchbox brain

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Creates contrast highlighting the two most significant aspects of the shark:

It’s huge size (terrifying)

It’s tiny brain - primitive and underdeveloped since ancient times

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12
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He shoggled me

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Literally: nudged boat

Metaphorically: physical sense of abrupt thump

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13
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Decadent Townee

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Word choice

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14
Q

Family tree

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Metaphor suggesting family links

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15
Q

Swish up the dirt and when it settles, a spring

Is all the clearer. I saw me, in one fling

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Extended metaphor

Emphasises vital point that unsettling our complacent assumptions can lead to greater clarity

If our ideas are shaken we may feel muddled at first but after see clearer

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16
Q

I saw me

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Paradox

Epiphany

He sees himself (representing humans) as a part of evolution

17
Q

Fling

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Word choice

18
Q

The slime of everything

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Metaphor and word choice

Echoes movement of shake coming out of the water and suggests revelation of who he really is

19
Q

So who’s the monster?

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Chillingly effective

Although the shake looks like the monster it is humans that have messed up the world

20
Q

The thought made me grow pale

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Realises humans are the monsters