1000 WORD ESSAY
AN EXAMPLE PARAGRAPH
FEATURE
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EXAMPLE
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1 Make a
point
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Hughes seems to make the fox alive in The Thought Fox
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2 Expand
on point
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One way he does this is to create movement in the poem.
This is achieved by the use of verbs and adverbs.
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Introduce
quote
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In the fifth stanza Hughes focuses on the eyes of an
imagined fox and describes it as
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3 Evidence
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‘brilliantly, concentratedly’
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4 General
point
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These pair of adverbs describing the movement of the eyes
of a fox shows the fox to be full of life, alert and intelligent.
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5 Literary
point
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The rhyme of the two adverbs in quick succession helps
create a fast pace and a vivid impression of movement.
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6 Language
point
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The two adverbs are
part of a detailed list describing
the movement of the fox’s eye.
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7 Effect
on reader
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This gives an immediacy and directness to the portrait of
the fox. And this seems to make it appear alive. The list also enables a
reader to have strong vivid series of impressions
of the fox.
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Hughes seems to make the fox alive in The Thought Fox. One
way he does this is to create movement in the poem. This is achieved by the use
of verbs and adverbs. In the fifth stanza Hughes focuses on the eyes of an
imagined fox and describes it as, ‘brilliantly,
concentratedly’.These pair of adverbs describing the movement of the eyes of a
fox shows the fox to be full of life, alert and intelligent. The rhyme of the
two adverbs in quick succession helps create a fast pace and a vivid impression
of movement. The two adverbs are part of a detailed list describing the
movement of the fox’s eye. This gives an immediacy and directness to the
portrait of the fox. And this seems to make it appear alive. The list also
enables a reader to have strong vivid series of impressions of the fox.
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