Title: Family Holiday Author: S Daly Place: Extract from a Short Story, Phenomena Type of publication: Extract of a Short Story a) The flimsy bridge that hangs over deap water. Also the waves on the beach that sucked everything with it. b) i. Onomatopoea The waves crashed… ii. By using onomatopoeia in this piece it […]
http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/health/article/257584/One-love-One-Less/ A girl comes to school each day with a smile on her face, walking around with people, talking and laughing, being ‘normal’ but what we see could just be an illusion. The illusion of this smile could be dangerous even if we don’t know it. It hides her loneliness, her endless sadness that can’t […]
Look into reasons why people or a specific group feel the need to don an illusion ion our society Brainstorm ideas for 3 main paragraphs Why teenagers feel the need to present an illusion to the world People may think that most of the people within their school are happy as most of teenage girls […]
People who pretend to be something they are not Social classes Photo shop Movies/tv shows Illusion of childhood Celebrities and their life Teenagers
Important Event Positive/negative Impact Evidence Gatsby and Daisy rennin Positive impact – as it brang Daisy and Gatsby back together after all the years that had passed “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” “Their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire” Gatsbys death Negative – Nick now had […]
5. Describe at least one important place in the written text. Explain how that place helped you to understand an important message in the text. Throughout the novel, The valley of ashes teaches us that even though you may work hard, it doesn’t mean that you will get where you want to be. The valley […]
Language Key Ideas Example Connotative Language Illusion “Jordan’s slender golden arm” Simile Illusion “a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and crumbling through […]
Event Relationship Evidence Daisy and Gatsby Reunion Gatsby and Daisy The idea of them is an illusion “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” Gatsbys Death Nick and Gatsby How […]
Character Idea Evidence Nick Illusion – You can never fully hide from your true self “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” “I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.” “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just […]
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