Writer's Methods and Techniques (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Year the novella is set
Year the novella is set
1985
Real historical element featured
Real historical element featured
Magdalen laundries
Keegan's writing style
Keegan's writing style
Restrained and minimalist
Narrative perspective used
Narrative perspective used
Close 3rd-person from Bill Furlong's perspective
Tense used in the novella
Tense used in the novella
Past tense
Tone of the novella
Tone of the novella
Conflicted and reflective
Three mood elements present
Three mood elements present
Tenderness, hope, and tension
Imagery example with crows
Imagery example with crows
A December of crows
Imagery example: November winds
Imagery example: November winds
November winds stripping yellow trees bare
Technique using restraint and subtle details
Technique using restraint and subtle details
Understatement
Magdalen alludes to which biblical figure
Magdalen alludes to which biblical figure
Mary Magdalene
What Furlong personifies as 'she'
What Furlong personifies as 'she'
His truck
Paradox quote about things closest
Paradox quote about things closest
Why were the things that were closest so often the hardest to see?