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https://jochenenglish.de/abitur/stylistic_devices.pdf

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In your new group, find four suitable adjectives from the word bank to describe the overall atmosphere in letters 1-4. Write them into the padlet with a brief explanation. Look at the chosen adjectives from the other groups. Use the thumbs to evaluate whether the adjectives correspond to the overall atmosphere in the letters.

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“ˋYou may easily perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes[…]ˋ“ (l. 194/195)

„´I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been´“ (l. 198-200)

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Hints at Victors dark past and his secrets

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„ recovered from his illness“ (l.130)

„ He entered attentively into all my arguments in favour of my eventual success“ (l. 135)

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Tell about the past

Give a view into the future

Effect on the reader:

Tell the reader about the past

Gives the reader a hint into the future

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"This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years" (l.44)

These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father‘s dying injuction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to Embargo in a seafaring life." (l.50-53)

Feature(s):

Hints about victor's family and his career

Effect on the reader:

Shows the reader what is possible when you believe in yourself
(He is currently at sea)

Get’s to know the character better (through his childhood)

Later on the Reader Unterstands the characters decisions and abilities better

Learns more about the family constellation

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(L 12.) "Gives me a foretaste of those icy climes"

(L. 24,25) "I may there discover the woundrous power which attracts the needle"

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it is a hint

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the reader gets a hint of what will come later in the book

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heart glow (l.41), elevates me to heaven (l.41f.)

favourite dream (l.44)

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metaphor

Effect on the reader:

dreamy atmosphere

feeling of nostalgia

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evil forebodings (l.4f.)

increasing confidence and success (l.6f.)

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the Choice of words is opposite —> evil=bad or negative words, confidence and success=good of positive words.

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mysterious

feeling of a very confident and strong person in Front of you

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uncomfortable
mysterious

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Lonely
Pessimistic
Nostalgic

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confident, ecstatic, idyllic, inclusive, joyous, liberating, light-hearted, nostalgic, vivacious, warm, welcoming

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alarming, barren, cold, confining, desolate, gloomy, haunting, hopeless, hostile, lonely, merciless, pessimistic, tense, uncanny, uneasy, violent, threatening

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“last monday, we were nearly surrounded by ice which closed in the ship on all sides“ (l. 6-7)

“our situation was somewhat dangerous“ (l. 8)

“the mist cleared away and we beheld stretched out into every direction vast and irregular plains of ice which seemed to have no end“ (l. 12-14)

“some of my comrades groaned“ (l. 14)

“ my own mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts“ (l. 14-15)

“ a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention“ (l. 15)

Feature(s):

L 6-7, 8, 12-14 –> situation outlined –> danger, trapped, surrounded by ice

L 14-15 –> characters moods –> negative emotions

Effect on the reader:

Anxious, nervous —> because of the dangerous situation; the narrator is nervous too

Uncomfortable —> because they are surrounded by ice that „seems to have no end“

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“(…)  nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of the region towards which we are advancing“ (l. 9-10)

“The height of summer (…), the southern gales (…) breathe a degree of renovating warmth which I had not expected.“ (l. 12-15)

“More fortune than I, who may not see my native land , perhaps , for many years.“ (l. 6-7)

Feature(s):

L. 6-7 –>  Situation of the narrator

L. 9-10, 12-15 –> outline of the temperature; unexpected

Effect on the reader:

Feeling empathy towards the narrator (because he is leaving his native country)

Uncertain, nervous, unsure –> traveling to a different/new place

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“The winter has been dreadfully severe; but the spring promises well, and it is considered as a remarkably early season.” (p.14, l. 81-83)

“…my voyage is only now delayed until the wheather shall permit my embarkation.” (p.14, l.80-81)

Feature(s):

L.82 > Robert Walton is annoyed by the wheather

L.82-83 > he is looking forward to spring >can begin his journey

Effect on the reader:

a bit of hope comes up when the wheather gets better

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“I feel a cold nothern breeze play upon my cheeks“ (l. 9)

“Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid.“ (l. 13)

“(…) that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation“ (l. 14-15)

“I am already far north of London“ (l. 8)

Feature(s):

L. 13 –>Metaphor on how the narrator is feeling about the weather

L. 8 –> Location

L. 9, 14-15 –> Description of the weather/temperature

Effect on the reader:

Uncomfortable feeling due to the cold weather

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Step 1: Analyze the given text passages. Focus on the setting (Group 1), the depiction of characters (Group 2), the vocabulary and literary means (Group 3) and the reference to past events, foreshadowing (Group 4). Read the indicated passages from the novel and fill in the grid (Quote(s), Feature(s), Effect on the reader).