https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn Can you write a PEA on The BFG's opening chapter? You can write about language and/or structure en-us 2016-11-16 14:21:53 UTC 2025-10-03 02:36:46 UTC hello@padlet.com lscholes1 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/138074541 Make a POINT, give some EVIDENCE, and ANALYSE the meaning and effect!]]> 2016-11-16 14:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/138074541 lscholes1 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/138609952 P 
Dahl uses personification in the opening lines of Chapter One of The BFG. 
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"brilliant moonbeam was slanting through a gap in the curtains"
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The use of the verb "slanting" in this way suggests that the moonbeam was alive and trying to get into Sophie's room. This creates a sense of an extraordinary world surrounding Sophie, even the impossible is possible. This foreshadows events later in the chapter when Sophie sees the giant.]]> 2016-11-18 04:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/138609952 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012676 The writer uses an
adverb and hyperbole for example 'deathly still' this suggests that it's as if everyone is dead it makes the atmosphere feel creepy. He describes it in a way where it makes you uncomfortable due to the fact it feels as if there is no sign of life.]]> 2016-11-21 08:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012676 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012721 P-Dahl uses a simile
E-"the moonbeam was like a silver blade"
A-this similie shows that the moonbeam was sharp and was scary and sophie was frightened of it.


]]> 2016-11-21 08:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012721 louisvanaudenhove https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012724 Roald Dahl uses short sentences to create the tension in this chapter:" Everywhere it was deathly still." The use of this short sentence describes that there is no one around and no one is awake. This creates tension that something is going to happen we don't know what but something is to happen. The gap inbetween  the sentences represents the eery silence of the night. ]]> 2016-11-21 08:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012724 norah2004dejager https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139012780 P

Roald Dahl uses similes in his work to create an image

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Roald Dahl uses metaphors in chapter on of his book The BFG.
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'The moonbeam was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face'
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This suggests that the author wants the reader to understand better and emphasizies the sentence. The word ' slicing' shows

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Roald Dahl uses many similes in his work to create an image to show how the moonbeam was shining like.

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"The moonbeam was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face."

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This suggests that the moonbeam was shone as bright as it could and through the room and right onto Sophie's face.]]> 2016-11-21 08:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139013295 lscholes1 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139014017 P
Roald Dahl uses short sentences to vary sentence structures and create tension.
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" Sophie couldn't sleep "
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This suggests that Sophie couldn't sleep and tells us that she needs to make a decision in a short time to escape from the tall black thing that she sees.]]> 2016-11-21 08:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139014017 lscholes1 https://padlet.com/lscholes1/33oga4fc0xtn/wish/139014582 The author uses a simile ‘’the houses looked bent and crooked like houses in a fairy tale ‘’
This suggests the houses were surreal.

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