World war 1 poems (task 8)

World War 1 poem - Wilfred Owen His fingers wake, and flutter up the bed. His eyes come open with a pull of will, Helped by the yellow may-flowers by his head. A blind-cord drawls across the window-sill . . . How smooth the floor of the ward is! what a rug! And who's that talking, somewhere out of sight? Why are they laughing? What's inside that jug? "Nurse! Doctor!" "Yes; all right, all right." But sudden dusk bewilders all the air -- There seems no time to want a drink of water. Nurse looks so far away. And everywhere Music and roses burnt through crimson slaughter. Cold; cold; he's cold; and yet so hot: And there's no light to see the voices by -- No time to dream, and ask -- he knows not what. This passage shows the man is certainly conscious in a way but not in the fullest sense, and the degree to which he is seems hard to determine. He has just come out of sleep, his fluttering fingers suggesting imperfect bodily control, though his "pull of will." The passage also has examples of phonology, one of which is when the man can just about pick out various sounds, such as the nurse talking and laughing. The fact the man in the poem can hear certain things gives the reader that moment if relief that he must be alright. The lexical choices which also comes under phonology making this passage effective would be the words; "Nurse! Doctor!" The two short words implies someone is calling the nurse or the doctor which infers a sense of emergency making the audience feel someone is in trouble. The exclamation marks makes it looks as though the words have been shouted, so again it's like a sense of emergeny.

Adjectives and adverbs - travel writing

  There's a verity of lexical choices for this piece of persausive writing, to encourage and help readers know where their perfect destination will be. By using certain word choices it will be easier for the audience to know whether it's the right place for them. For example, when the text producer uses the words 'Rock n Roll lovers' it's telling the readers thats what the hotels theme is based on and therefore would be ideal for those whom are fans of rock n roll. The adverb 'lovers' is a good lexical choice because it gives an impression on the audience; if you're a fan of rock n roll it's likely you'll love this hotel. 

The word; 'palace' is effective to the readers because as an audience we suggest this hotel must be big. The reason for this is because the word palace is usually associated with big impressive buildings which tend to be owned by important people. 

Another important lexical choice that stands out from the rest would be the adjective; 'fabulous' the text producer has decided to use this word because it's a way to show the hotel is better than just good. It can also associate with other describing words such as; extraudinary and wonderful. This infers that this hotel must be close to perfection.