ENG2614
ASSIGNMENT
NO: 03
YEAR : 2024
, PREVIEW:
Identify 5 literary devices from the above prose text and discuss how they function /
work within the passage. (500 words)
In the prose passage, several literary devices are employed to enhance the reader's
understanding and create a vivid depiction of Samantha's surroundings and
emotions. These devices work together to immerse the reader in the scene and
convey the atmosphere of the setting. Here are five key literary devices found in the
passage:
Imagery: Imagery plays a crucial role in the passage, as it helps to create a
visual and sensory experience for the reader. Phrases such as "The curlews
circled down, down, down like revolving wheels" and "stream that passed
near the nesting area splashed and swished"…
Question 1.
Read the prose passage (text 1) and poem (text 2) supplied below carefully, and
answer the questions that follow.
Text 1 - Prose
The curlews circled down, down, down like revolving wheels. Crying and calling to
their young hiding in the grass, which peeped softly in return. The stream that
passed near the nesting area splashed and swished as it crawled over the small
stones that lined its bed. A breeze lightly touched the field and the reeds along the
stream bowed and bobbed as if paying their respects. Samantha watched this scene
contemplatively as she sat on the fence at the bottom of the field slowly swinging her
legs. She had come to stay with her aunt who live in the grim, grey farmhouse which
seemed to squat and frown behind her. At twelve years old, Samantha was slim with
large soulful, sad eyes. Her hair, lion tawny, made her hazel eyes appear amber.
Strands of her hair drifted on the breeze touching her like cobwebs. She stared at the
stream which blinked and twinkled like sequin, like those on her mother’s frivolous
evening gown. Samantha had been unceremoniously left at her aunt’s whilst her
parents went away on holiday. She could still hear the ghastly gaiety of her mother’s
laugh as the two of them drove away. Her aunt had always made Samantha uneasy.
ASSIGNMENT
NO: 03
YEAR : 2024
, PREVIEW:
Identify 5 literary devices from the above prose text and discuss how they function /
work within the passage. (500 words)
In the prose passage, several literary devices are employed to enhance the reader's
understanding and create a vivid depiction of Samantha's surroundings and
emotions. These devices work together to immerse the reader in the scene and
convey the atmosphere of the setting. Here are five key literary devices found in the
passage:
Imagery: Imagery plays a crucial role in the passage, as it helps to create a
visual and sensory experience for the reader. Phrases such as "The curlews
circled down, down, down like revolving wheels" and "stream that passed
near the nesting area splashed and swished"…
Question 1.
Read the prose passage (text 1) and poem (text 2) supplied below carefully, and
answer the questions that follow.
Text 1 - Prose
The curlews circled down, down, down like revolving wheels. Crying and calling to
their young hiding in the grass, which peeped softly in return. The stream that
passed near the nesting area splashed and swished as it crawled over the small
stones that lined its bed. A breeze lightly touched the field and the reeds along the
stream bowed and bobbed as if paying their respects. Samantha watched this scene
contemplatively as she sat on the fence at the bottom of the field slowly swinging her
legs. She had come to stay with her aunt who live in the grim, grey farmhouse which
seemed to squat and frown behind her. At twelve years old, Samantha was slim with
large soulful, sad eyes. Her hair, lion tawny, made her hazel eyes appear amber.
Strands of her hair drifted on the breeze touching her like cobwebs. She stared at the
stream which blinked and twinkled like sequin, like those on her mother’s frivolous
evening gown. Samantha had been unceremoniously left at her aunt’s whilst her
parents went away on holiday. She could still hear the ghastly gaiety of her mother’s
laugh as the two of them drove away. Her aunt had always made Samantha uneasy.
