ENG2614 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

ENG2614 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ...... 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. She had beady, bright eyes like a magpie, was twig thin, with long taloned hands with which she, scratch, scratch, scratched at herself. At night Samantha was convinced it was her aunt’s talons that squealed and scraped down the bedroom windowpane, a threat which frightened her. It made sleep difficult. An early riser, Samantha could escape through the kitchen door and head for the comfort of the field. Sitting in today’s soft sunlight provided Samantha with a sense of peace and turning her head she could see the trees on the far end of the field that lay outside of the fence. These trees were looking at her, of this Samantha was convinced, like protective parents. ENG 2614 - Assignment 03 Unique Assignment No: 780527 Due Date: 17 July 2023 Text 2 - Poetry The Laughter Forecast by Sue Cowling Today will be humorous With some giggly patches, Scattered outbreaks of chuckling in the south And smiles spreading from the east later, Widespread chortling Increasing to gale-force guffaws towards evening. The outlook for tomorrow Is hysterical. 1. Identify 5 literary devices from the above prose text and discuss how they function / work within the passage. (500 words) (25) 2. In a well-structured paragraph, discuss what the poem is about and what literary device(s) are utilised. How do the literary devices create an image and add meaning? Briefly describe how you could use this poem in a First Language (FL) English classroom in a creative manner? (Remember that your lesson needs an objective.) (500 words) (25) [50] Question 2. 3. In an essay of 1500 words, discuss the five identified literary devices that are present in the prose passage and the device(s) in the poem. Compare the literary devices, how they differ between the genres and how in each case they create meaning.