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Edexcel IGCSE English Language Section A '127 Hours- Between A Rock And A Hard Place' (Aron Ralston) Summary Sheets

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This is a coherent summary for '127 Hours- Between A Rock And A Hard Place' (Aron Ralston), which is assessed in the Edexcel IGCSE English Language (Specification A), Part 1: Paper 1 Section A Non-fiction texts. I have used my school notes, my own understanding and several other online sources (e.g. Mrs Rumsey on Youtube and website). This collection of language and structure is everything you will need to excel in question 4 and 5 of the exam. I was able to achieve a 9 in English Language using this set of notes.

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/
As I dangle 1
I ] grimace and growl
. . .

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made when
Alliteration : animalistic language , imitates the sound
1
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he
.




foot higher;
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maybe eleven or twelve feet high , a
vulnerability suggests being 1
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complex
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feet 1 in
pain
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feet downstream ; three feet across ; fifty suspended precariously is about
readers

ten ,

down ; a few feet out
from the lip ; nine foot -
gets a sense that disaster -10
,
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I can
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vs
'
I can 't
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.
in a naive attempt . . .




contrast losing control iunfidlnt
→ fear

diction in denial of his misfortune
↳ careful , analytical ,
conscious, experienced , I happen
,
• :

I
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personification unexpected : →
tension
frantic, and I out
confident, give reader clear understanding * Time markers / temporal language cry
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assured and relaxed scraping quake three second , at a tenth
onomatopoeia
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surrounding The next
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of his
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decelerate ; In slow
normal speed ; my reactions
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engages readers my desperate brain
conjures up


,
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halls
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the
W_edged between Instantly , ] know this is trouble
' motion
distorted/
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of time
. . .




panic description Metaphor
Alliteration : speed up pails capture the attention .adµ turning point
his own
represents
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of readers by experience of accident
.


alliteration : sense of abruptness I
1 .
magical description →
desperateoverturned car to free her baby
( careful , technical description ) * " "' " 9
adrenaline stoked mom lifts an
* Expert terminology
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realise he's in 1 an
/ declarative sentence : make us
back as the rock
..


Time dilates : I yank my left
.

arm
of a different geometry i refrigerator chock stone ; y
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danger sheer force to free his hand
crushes tearing
colloquial language hoping to
i.
: use
1 ricochets ; : ensnares ; .



drop-off i this technique
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the is known as
ledge ; and instinctively the pace of to create sense
speed writing a
1
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with brute force
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1 ↳
up myself
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chimney.mg or stemming adverb : lost analytical self to panic and , free .
. . .




intensity
.




his rith of
readers about climbing with survival instincts take over → lost ✗ rational , ✗ analytical
↳ informing confident , knowledgeable arrogant / uutwl
,
Then silence
I. animalistic language survival : instincts,
knowledge
, .

the incident
relaxed and assured by him 1 minor sentence speed up pace , how I. thrust repeatedly upwards
:
are in
readers * Alliteration

.
. -

it began
things stops just quickly as

everything to set
as
know are ricochets
But dramatic irony pound way , nut ✗ analytical , lost his
we ,
I frantic , sanity tiles
about to get wrong
→ creates tension 1 → create swioothnetl sense of
urgency + treacherous
,
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* Passive role
-
,


rock smashes
'
my disbelief pare temporarily Anxiety has 1 himself free
drop off
me
of the
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tip violent verb, onomatopoeia
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hands
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at the
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over
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Fear shoots
.
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tweaking my
1 brain
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my panic
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flying agony throws me into a
.




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personification detailed alleunti 9M 1
'n' "
head
.
:

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consumes the sky .
, my .




predators consume : chockstone
=
short sentence , passive role , direct personification ; voice :X in control, frantic
...sfemmybodyacr0sF 1.
Diction :
he is prey , highlights
,
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is only reacting , frantic sudden
,
I .
passive
predators ,
lost control , he
of pain, emphasizes the flame the writer endures
,

.
siblqnle : show how deftly he can slither thepower the chockstone has 1
movement , driven by fear and not by rational
-
metaphor : flame
1 over the helpless
writer and
through →
agile + confident 1
decisions , he is not the subject * internal monologue
foreshadow , writer 's failed attempt,
1 contrasts with earlier energetic activity
tmall.ie/dofbodypoT \ at trying to break free
and
.


Diction :

✗ Good God , my hand
boulder then crushes my right hand I
.




foot and hand i took MY left The
emotive language religious language : mild expletive, extreme emotion
with
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- -
one
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one
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f.
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ensnares my right arm
.. - - - -
- - ,
,
and desperation , in shock
.




pushes my foot tight ! With MY right 1 personification showing entrapment hopelessness 1 out of there! '
your hand
knee ; :

sight of my
stare at the
,
vanished , i get
. . .

arm
at the wrist , palm in , thumb up , fingers
't
'


from my fully
foot ;sliding my belly over: i . .
-



1 seems like magic conjuration → unreal-1 desperation + panic
.. .




! >
-




extended arms extended lost his mind
.




I '
Asunder the listing speeds up :pace + gruesome
:
image ,
already ! come on move !
'

swift and controlled movement,
. . . .




↳vivid image of his descriptive everything slows down structure
exclamatory desperation panic
y
- - - - - - -



sentence →
-




I'm dreaming I ,
-
l as if . . .




1 simile : trance-like state language ,
another drop off
.




I come to I * Active voice
language
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Losing control
.




sentence detached tone, attract audience
'
2.
simple : "
three times
yank my
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I arm .




1- structure language I -


confident
-



l -
-
-
-
- I. .
1 .

.
desperation
the large boulder, heaving against it, pushing with my left
-

.
-
-




.. .

my hands feet , and back
,
.
" 3. Panicked I shove against
din suggests experience agility , create hand , lifting with my lines pressed under
the rock
- :

Rule of three ; showcases 1 .
. * tonal shift


HUG StruttUH ↳ creates a false sense of hope for the readers as the writer seems to be
visual -




maybe imagery
this one is . . ..




imagine using it to climb up the 127 :
the initiative to save himself
and
d-emonstratirepronoun-iengages.us
can
you l -

escape
taking
. . -
-
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inside of a chimney A
BETWEEN
.




I descended ten minutes ago

µµ
I shock-1 lack of hope)
+ direct address *short sentences (→
.



domestic
. .




imagery
.

:
fast he is idiom , foreshadowing
: puts in perspective how
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AND A
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• time phrase &
& this predicament where

I'm Hulk
progressing helps readers to actually any decision he makes will
1 But
attempts
.

in;D + relatable difficult
futile

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sudden hit of realization ( all his
be a on
were
imagine situation more represents panic,
I " " " " " "n
it's possible for me .




1
.. .



with '

vividly by comparing
. . .
,


positive language : creates an assured tone →
i →
hopelessness)
chimney
-




he is an experienced and Just below the ledge where I'm standing is a
tension 1
1 Nothing .


" "" Mt ""Mbtt sentence incomplete short sentence
1. long descriptive
→ ,



chock stone the size of a large bus tire , stuck out of control , panicked , more
reaction
Monosyllable stark and hopeless leaves writer uncertain of what will
,
:
calm , controlled
confident →
I -




the wall a few feet ,
, ,
channel between
-




* active voice contrast with passive tenet fast in the ,

time marker 1st person narrative present
+ tense
happen next
I
-1 .




I traverse out I I press it from the lip ,
panic
All his actions were futile in attempt
represent
hopelessness
; his
I can move up own
. - .
. . . . . . -

his incident , immersed
myself : I squat Asyndetil listing -1 visual imagery I
1
.



kick at the boulder I 7 lower
:
experience
and hopeless
uncertain conclusion as Ralston appears isolated
-
.

I . . .




and grip ; I can lower myself .. . ; analytical , confident, controlled 1



/
. . .




↳ controlled , confident, everything is happening If I can step onto it, . . .

1 right now
because he chooses it
to
happen → assured Tdependantane controlled , analytical :
, I. italics : frantic thinking Nicole Li
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