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Task OneSTANZA:1 !MAIN IDEA: War was not a happy time.QUOTE: Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots. NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Metaphor ! !EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE: This means that many people lived and breathed the army and marching for there country even when the war made them go a bit crazy from living in fear.

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!EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN IDEA… This quote links to the main idea as it shows that war isn't an exciting adventure. All they do is march every day to protect their country even if this is not where they wont to be they do it anyway. The language feature in this quote helps show the readers that the war is not what writers or representatives make it out to be. It is not fun, it is hard work.

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Task OneSTANZA: 2 !MAIN IDEA: what the war is like, visually and mentally ! QUOTE: Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light !NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Adjective EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE: Gives the reader an idea of what the soldiers must see in the war.

EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN IDEA… This quote relates to the main idea as it explains what the scenery is like while the main idea is about what the war looks visually.

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Task OneSTANZA: 3 !MAIN IDEA: Soliders are miserable and impacted badly from the war.

QUOTE: ‘His hanging face, like a devils sick of sin;’ !

NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Simile EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE He is using an adjective to compare the soldiers face to a devil not actually the devil but what they are trying to show the reader what they think it can compare too.EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN IDEA… This quote contains the language feature of a simile and relates to the main idea as it explains what soldiers visual of other soldiers were like and how people are taken to death so easily. The writer, by using this quote has also created imagery in the readers mind by writing what the face of the man looked like. The writer has used a simile, not a metaphor because it means he does not literally look like a ‘devil sick of sin’.

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Task TwoSTANZA:1 MAIN IDEA: how bad the war is on the battle fieldQUOTE: No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Verb EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE : Showing what the soldiers are not able to do for the soldiers anymore, whats done is done and the war was a tough battle.

EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN IDEA… This quote links to the main idea because it shows how the soldiers reacted to the deaths and how thye may of wished to do it differently.

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TaskTwoSTANZA: 2 !

MAIN IDEA: The sorrow for those who died QUOTE: Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Metaphor EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE Shows that the soldiers were not the cause of the death but they saw it happen so they feel remource and sorrow for the fallen soliers.EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN IDEA… This language feature links to the main idea as the main idea is the sorrows for them who died in the war and who they weren’t able to save, this quote gives you a visual idea of what the ceremonies were like for the soliders who survived.