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The baby's strapped in the middle of the back seat. Eight-year old is is perched on her folded-up duvet, a school bag full of pyjamas and tags at her feet.

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A group of Simple Sentences in a row
eg. Tom waves from the verandah. The dog barks goodbye. and the journey begins.

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Playing prince on the record player

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The simple sentence 'I'm 10' has been used by lloyd to show not only the person's age but to grab the audiences attention.

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foreshadowing
'made in 1972 and is exactly the colour of poo'
it is not a surprise when the car breaks down

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Triumph 2000 dies

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a semi colon seperate from the movements that the father did as and after he hoped in the car. Used to show the reader that he was not rushing into the car, he was taking his time. This can show that he might not of been to sure if the “epic” trip was going to work out.

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The simple sentences through out the text shows us the short attention span of the narrator, as the narrator is a child.

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second person
you
'everything you're supposed to take with you'
this is an adventure that many families undertake
the narrator wants them to be like everyone else's family

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The car boot clutches tightly onto everything else, the car can not clutch but it gives the reader a vivid image in their head of a car clinging onto things and the overfloing boot.

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"Dad is so deflated he doesn't even swear. He just stands quietly and waits" Too disappointed to even talk

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irony
the car breaks down very quickly
it is not a 'Triumph' for their 'epic' trip

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dad's dad is

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Hi

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"we can un pack later "this implies that the family could be lazy and the dad may be a procrastinator

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Dad goes inside to put the jug on. This shows the dad is trying to hide the disappointment from everyone else.

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The dog barked goodbye

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this is shown when:

they call it the epic road trip; the 'epic' just shows the excitement that have towards it.

the dads disappointment when they realise they won't be able to go on

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Gives the car a character instead of just saying 'the car dies'

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The title 'It Was Over Before it Began' tells the reader that the road trip is going to fail and the car is the reason.

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verb choice
Dad folds himself
they are all packed in tightly for their big trip
Dad is in charge

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"The one I hope my new cousins will think it's stupidly cool" shows writer excitement of being able to see extended family

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Nor can the pig or the chickens or the cat

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alliteration
Dad ducks
emphasis on the small interior of the car

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And the journey begins.

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im 10
i sit on my best sweatshirt

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A thermos flask, Christmas Presents, pegs for the tent...

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"stupidly cool"

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IM 10

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Tom waves from the verandah

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Eg dad is so deflated he doesn't even swear
Shows disappointment

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1972 and exactly the colour of poo, this rhyming shows that the writer is kind of hinting that the road trip is going to fail.

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Barks goodbye

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Gives us personal and emotional insight into the events. Helps us understand the emotions of the main character, as they are also the narrator. If it was written in third person reading it you could feel emotionally disconnected.

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Opens in the present tense
I'm 10
Immediately hooks us into the excitement of the 'epic' road trip

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1972 and is exactly the colour of poo

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Stupidly cool, stops the hot leather from sticking

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The adjective Epic, to show the expectations of the road trip.

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once, twice, three times
- explains and shows that it was hard to shut the boot for the epic road trip because they packed so much stuff

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"The boot is sat on once, twice, three times" the word epic is repeated 3 times through the text.

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Dad is so deflated he doesnt