H is for Hawk How does the writer use language and structure to interest and engage the reader?

H is for Hawk How does the writer use language and structure to interest and engage the reader?

MEANING

LANGUAGE 1 - EMOTIVE RESPONSE TO THE RIGHT BIRD

LANGUAGE 2 - EMOTIVE RESPONSE TO THE WRONG BIRD

STRUCTURE 1

In this passage HM writes about her adoption of a goshawk, and the fear when she meets the bird for the first time that she...

Has the wrong bird

SEMANTIC FIELD water examples (17, 33) - flood and drenches - has applied water movements to the sun - brilliance and fury - being overwhelmed by her introduction to the bird

PATHETIC FALLACY Great flood of sunlight (17) - when she meets the bird for the first time

IMAGERY When sees bird for the first time ONOMATOPEIA "thump" (7) - sense of anticipation and nervous energy, the aliveness of the bird SIBILANCE "Syrupy, slow" (12) - conveys the idea that time is slowing down. ALLITERATION fizzing and fussing" (line 44) - the aliveness of the bird, the connection she has with it's brain

DYNAMIC VERBS whirring and chaotic (14) - energy of the bird when it comes out of the box

CONTRAST Between the first and second hawk - primarily expressed through the CHOICE OF VOCAB - magical creature imagery (20-21) - mythical nature of the bird, her emotional enthrallment by it

CONTRAST Between the first and second hawk - primarily expressed through the choice of vocab AND Between herself and the wrong bird AND between herself and the falconer

FORESHADOWING / CYCLICAL STRUCTURE - going home with the wrong bird

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REFERENCE TO OTHER TEXTS Jane Eyre (50) - madwoman in the attic - contrasting the wrong bird with herself at the end of the text, they would be too similar, why she shouldn't have the bird. SIMILE Medea reference to describe herself (line 67) - greek myths, madness at betrayal

EMOTIVE LANGUAGE exhausted eyes (67) - sees herself through the eyes of the falconer, realises her desperation and near emotional collapse HYPERBOLE crazy barrage

CONTRAST Between herself and the wrong bird (madness imagery)

TONE Heightened moods throughout, almost melodramatic in tone at times - anticipation / excitement to amazement to horror to panic to desperation

SENTENCE AND PARA LENGTHS 1. Uses very short sentence (10) to give a perspective on herself and her emotional health, through the eyes of the bird , 2. (line 11) short sentence used to build suspense and tension 3. para 5, line 46 4 repeated short sentences to illustrate surprise, building up to the disappointment of "oh" in para 6 4.

CLIFFHANGER There was a moment of total silence (last line) - we are left wondering whether he will let her keep the bird or not