Mid-Term Break (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Quote describing brother's bruise
Quote describing brother's bruise
Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple
What 'wearing' suggests in poppy bruise line
What 'wearing' suggests in poppy bruise line
Something temporary, softens harsh reality of death
What poppy symbolises
What poppy symbolises
Remembrance and war
Type of imagery used for the bruise
Type of imagery used for the bruise
Delicate, floral imagery
What floral imagery contrasts with
What floral imagery contrasts with
Violence of the accident
What the contrast highlights
What the contrast highlights
Innocence of the child
How death is presented in poppy bruise line
How death is presented in poppy bruise line
Understated and gentle manner
Quote about the coffin
Quote about the coffin
A four-foot box, a foot for every year
What four-foot box immediately conveys
What four-foot box immediately conveys
Heartbreaking reality of child's death
Tone of 'four-foot box' line
Tone of 'four-foot box' line
Measured, factual
What makes the line emotionally powerful
What makes the line emotionally powerful
No dramatic language, just stark reality
What 'four feet, four years' forces reader to do
What 'four feet, four years' forces reader to do
Visualise child's size, making loss personal and tragic
Impression left by final image
Impression left by final image
Grief and finality