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Helpful Phrases The repetition of ... suggests that... The imagery of the modern landscape shows... The contrast of... and ... shows how... The word '..........' reveals a nation that.. The image of the lion is usually symbolic of.... The nostalgic tone in Stanza 2 implies that..
DON'T.. . . - Write more than 1 sentence for your introductory and last paragraph. - Include definitions of literary devices or write an introduction about the poem - Quote more than 2 lines at one time. - Quote without explaining what it connotes. - Explain quotations without linking it to themes. - Explain imagery without categorising it. - Quote the poet's name. Use speaker/persona!
ESSAY WRITING
WEAVE QUOTES IN SENTENCES Contrary to actually being 'better' than Singapore's pre-independence period, the poet was living in a fairly unstable and unsafe time then. QUOTATION MARKS It is ironic that schools were using foreign books since it was a time of decolonisation, a time when 'foreign ''devils''' were not welcome in Singapore. QUOTING 2 LINES At that time, the authorities were busy 'quelling riots/in the street', due to unrest caused by communists and clashing racial groups. EMPHASISING A WORD The word 'jaws' conjures a sense of entrapment...
Quoting Poetry
Literary techniques consonance / assonance / alliteration / personification diction / imagery / repetition / metaphor / simile hyperbole / understatement / euphemism / rhetorical qn ellipsis . . . / parentheses ( in other words, brackets) irony / dark humour / satire
Describing TONE bitter / sarcastic / regretful / arrogant/ nostalgic / puzzled / spiteful / pretentious / mournful / ominous / restrained / melancholic / ironic / outraged / hopeful / optimistic / detached / doubtful / reflective / indifferent / apathetic / apologetic / fearful / shocked / skeptical / guilty/ disgusted / apprehensive / solemn
