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What is meant by word choice?
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Words deliberately chosen by writer

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What is meant by word choice?
Words deliberately chosen by writer
What is meant my connotations?
The associations of a word Shades of meaning
What is meant by imagery?
Description by comparison Word pictures
What is meant by metaphorical meaning?
Inferred/implied meaning imaginative comparison
What is meant by universal theme?
Theme we all relate to
Metaphor
Description of one thing by comparison with another
Childhood in originally
"i stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw" "big boys eating worms"
Obsession
Valentine mrs midas (?)
Journeys
Mrs tilscher originally
Stressful situations
War photographer mrs midas originally
Stressful situation in originally
"in a red room" "my brothers cried, one of them bawling" "i stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw"
Stressful situation in war photographer
"hands which did not tremble then though seem to now" "from aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns a living"
Stressful situations in mrs midas
"it was then that i started to scream. he sank to his knees" "i made him sit on the other side of the room and keep his hands to himself" "separate beds" "i put a chair against my door, near petrified"
Childhood
Mrs tilscher originally
Childhood in mrs tilscher
"that for an hour, then a skittle of milk" "the laugh of a bell swung by a running child" "jumping and croaking away from the lunch crew"
Childhood in originally
"i stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw" "big boys eating worms"
Change
Mrs midas valentine originally war photographer twwms mrs tilscher
Change in mrs midas
"we were passionate then, in those halcyon days" "but now i feared his honeyed embrace"
Guilt (?)
Mrs midas war photographer
Negative relationship is mrs midas
"i feared his honeyed embrace" "separate beds" "near petrified"
Positive / close relationship
Twwms mrs tilscher valentine
Love and hate
Mrs midas originally valentine
Growing up
Originally mrs tilscher twmms
Loss
Mrs midas orginally war photographer
Journeys
Mrs tilscher originally twmms
Isolation
Originally mrs midas war photographer
Obsession
Valentine mrs midas (?) twmms
Sense of belonging
Mrs tilscher orginally
Trauma/stress
War photographer mrs midas valentine
Safety and security
Mrs tilscher originally twmms
Identity/sense of self
Orignally mrs tilscher twmms
Adolesence/childhood
Mrs tilscher twmms
Memories
Twmms mrs tilscher mrs midas
Paragraph 1
Key Incident, introduce anti capital punishment views “Dog leapt round us, waging its whole body, wild with glee at finding so many human beings together” “Made a dash for the prisoner, and jumping up tried to lick his face” “Everyone stood aghast”
Paragraph 2
Orwell’s Initial Reflection, sympathy “It is curious, but till that moment I had never realised what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man” “Bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming” “Stood on the drop, when he was falling through the air with a tenth of a second to live”
Paragraph 3
The execution and its aftermath “Retreated into a corner of the yard, where it stood among the weeds, looking timorously out at us” “He was dangling with his toes pointed straight downwards, very slowly revolving, as dead as stone” “An enormous relief has come upon us now”
Conclusion
Develop an understanding of anti capital punishment sentiments, sympathy, techniques used, readers are persuaded, all people should be treated equal