Techniques to be used in Recounts Lesson objectives

Techniques to be used in Recounts

Lesson objectives O Students understand the type of vocabulary which should be used in the recount O Students have detailed knowledge of techniques and can apply knowledge

Vocabulary O Personal, emotive and descriptive words O Personal e. g. I, we O Emotive e. g. spectacular, worst destruction O Descriptive e. g. tremendous roar O Action verbs e. g. crashed, played O Techniques in tables O Time expressions O e. g. arrived at 10 am, during the trip, while, later O Cause and effect structures are important as show sequencing to the reader in the series of events in the body O e. g. due to, because of, as a result

Voice in Recount Needs to be: O Clear O Sustained Techniques could include: O Hyperbolic O Sarcastic O Ironic O Can use slang

Hyperbole O Use of words or phrases to exaggerate and overemphasise the basic idea of the statement

Hyperbole examples Definitions and examples from Elf and in music https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=nw 0 pl 7 Gf. Oqw (2 mins) Elf • Announcement of Santa https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 jy. Cf. RHum. HU (1 min)

Purpose of Hyperbole O Purpose is to create a larger-than- life effect and overly stress a point

Sarcasm and irony O Irony – playing around with words such that the meaning implied by sentence or word is actually different from literal meaning O Sarcasm – literal meaning is different than what speaker intended, meant to mock

Sarcasm and Irony examples O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=81 c 44 - CDP 7 E (3 mins) O Shows difference between irony and sarcasm O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Cp 2 kb 7 h 4 Ca 4 (2 mins) O Sarcasm sign O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=82 Ct. Z X 9 gm. Z 8 (20 secs) O Was that sarcasm?

Purpose of sarcasm and irony O Purpose – is to mock with intention of amusing reader or hurting someone or section of society

Personification O Inanimate object is given human attributes/characteristics O What human attributes/characteristics are given to the inanimate objects in these clips?

Personification examples O Transformers O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=vey. X- mi. C 4 VM (30 secs to 2. 30 mins) O Guardians of the Galaxy clip O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 Gnc. Y QHBJIw (1 min)

Personification examples in clips O Transformers O Facial features including eyes, mouth and nose O Arms and legs O Talking O Guardians of the Galaxy – Groot (tree) O Arms O Hair O Ability to dance

Personification purpose O Relate actions of inanimate objects to our emotions

Repetition O Repeats same words or phrases

Repetition examples O Line – Princess Bride O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=k. RAI 9_Mk O O m. BM (2 mins) Repetition in pop songs https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=HXTo. Gg. M l 60 s (2 mins) Subway $5 foot long ad www. youtube. com/watch? v=k. UEtjc. VB_Lk (30 seconds) O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l 9 m. Eg Fn. Kxy. M (30 seconds)

Repetition purpose O To make an idea clearer or to emphasise its significance in the text

Alliteration O Consonant sound repeated multiple times in a sentence

Alliteration examples O V for Vendetta (2 mins) O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=U 97 lbv 0_A 2 I O Paper People poem (3 mins) O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Z 94 s. Q Nl. Qge 0

Alliteration purpose O Direct attention to particular words O Makes the words stand out O More memorable O Create rhythm O Letters have natural stresses on them therefore repeating them makes this more obvious

Onomatopoeia and sound effects O A word which mimics the sound it represents

Onomatopoeia example O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s 6 i 3 W QNq. UWk (2 mins Rap)

Onomatopoeia purpose O helps the reader to hear the sounds of the words they reflect O enter the world created by the writer O effects the readers’ senses whether the words are understood or not

Rhetorical Questions O Question asked just for effect or to emphasise a point discussed when no real answer is expected

Rhetorical Questions example O https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Dtp_m q 2 f. O 24 (4. 5 mins)

Rhetorical questions purpose O Persuasive device O Emphasise a point

Reflection O Reflect upon which techniques you will be using in your recount O Hand up your postcard

Before you go Remember: O Transformers task due today! O If you do not hand up this task today will impact your report! O People who have not presented Public Speaking this will also impact your report If this applies to you please speak to Miss Edwards