YEAR 10 ENGLISH

WRITING

Synonyms for engaging:

Introduction

Catch ‘em: ‘The Power of One’ by John.G.Avildsen was inspirational and heartwarming film.

Thesis: There were many methods used to engage the audience, such as symbolism, flashbacks, foreshadowing and non diegetic sound.

List of points/statements:

1S An elephant symbolised  courage and strength.

E When P.K met the medicine man, he saw an elephant come charging towards him in a trance.

X This shows P.K’s courage as he did not run away scared, but reached out to touch it.

X The director uses this method to engage us as an elephant killed P.K’s father earlier on.

X This combined with the dialogue’ i faced the biggest animal on the planet, now i'm not afraid anymore, shows his new courage

Y This links to his chicken Master bindy

2S As well as symbolism, flashback was used to engage the audience

E This was demonstrated by by P.K getting knocked down by Gideon Duna and he saw the elephant again

X This shows that despite being knocked down, he recognises his courage through through the elephant

X The purpose of this is shown that P.K does not give up

X The flashback combines well with music which made it more powerful

Y This reminds me of the flashback in ‘The Grudge’ which, like P.K’s flashback, made it more dramatic

3S Along with symbolism and flashback, foreshadowing was used to create interest.

E When Maria left the house, it was raining and it hinted that something bad was going to happen

X This combined well with the pathetic fallacy of the rain, and showed us her fate was grave, and its purpose was to make it more interesting for the audience  

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Y This captivating method was also used in ‘Pretty Little Liars’ when Hannah was hit by a car when it was raining

Conclusion:

Restate thesis:

Symbolism, flashback, foreshadowing were all used to cleverly to engage the audience

Restate list of points:

Punch line:

This is a brilliant film every student should study

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