How does the use of first person narration impact the authority of the text? Identify Meadows’ use of cuts, dissolves, superimpositions and cross dissolves. What is the effect of Meadows’ editing techniques? Is it important that the images match the dialogue? Why would Meadows make this choice? With the exception of the voiceover narration, the only sound is a ticking clock. What is the impact of this? In terms of the ideas in the narrative? Why would Meadows make this choice? Examine Meadows’ voice throughout the story – his pace, pausing, volume, impersonations – what is the impact of this on you? The narrative revolves around black and white photographs of Meadows’ grandmother/mother. How does this choice impact your response to the story? Consider notions of authority/authenticity.  Why do you think Meadows made the choice to distort the image of the scissors? ‘Scissors’ has a script of 256 words. Examine Meadows’ selection of language and use of figurative devices –“They say the camera is a clock for seeing, a time machine, and that when we’re photographed the birdie we watch sees us with eyes that are yet unborn”“the photo album becomes a tomb, time’s coffin with a glass lid” “fragile album”“a pilot wounded in action ‘with a lump of shrapnel in his neck’”“If you do that, I’ll….I’ll cut you out of my …w...photographs” “I wonder if the cruel scissors that cut my grandfather from his picture were the same scissors that cut my mother’s four day old hair?”  How does Meadows’ choice of language/ figurative devices reveal the subtext of this story?How does the language make us empathise with the ‘characters’ in Meadows’ story? Who does Meadows’ want us to empathise with? How do you know this?

Answer the following questions:Match the technique to its definition: cuts, dissolves, superimpositions and cross dissolves.SuperimpositionThe placement of one image on top of another image. Used to add to the overall effect or to conceal part of the image.CutAn abrupt film transition from one sequence to another.Cross dissolvesA gradual film transition between near-identical images/sequences.DissolvesA gradual film transition from one image to another (usually a different scene).How does the use of first person narration impact the authority of the text? Identify Meadows’ use of cuts, dissolves, superimpositions and cross dissolves. What is the effect of Meadows’ editing techniques? Is it important that the images match the dialogue? Why would Meadows make this choice? With the exception of the voiceover narration, the only sound is a ticking clock. What is the impact of this? In terms of the ideas in the narrative? Why would Meadows make this choice? Examine Meadows’ voice throughout the story – his pace, pausing, volume, impersonations – what is the impact of this on you? The narrative revolves around black and white photographs of Meadows’ grandmother/mother. How does this choice impact your response to the story? Consider notions of authority/authenticity.  Why do you think Meadows made the choice to distort the image of the scissors? ‘Scissors’ has a script of 256 words. Examine Meadows’ selection of language and use of figurative devices –“They say the camera is a clock for seeing, a time machine, and that when we’re photographed the birdie we watch sees us with eyes that are yet unborn”“the photo album becomes a tomb, time’s coffin with a glass lid” “fragile album”“a pilot wounded in action ‘with a lump of shrapnel in his neck’”“If you do that, I’ll….I’ll cut you out of my …w...photographs” “I wonder if the cruel scissors that cut my grandfather from his picture were the same scissors that cut my mother’s four day old hair?”  How does Meadows’ choice of language/ figurative devices reveal the subtext of this story?How does the language make us empathise with the ‘characters’ in Meadows’ story? Who does Meadows’ want us to empathise with? How do you know this?

How does dialogue enhance a piece of writing?

What is the effect of the first-person narrative in the following excerpt?'I leapt into the air, manoeuvring through the treacherous terrain and obstacles with the precision of a seasoned pro, leaving Benson far behind. Years of practice had honed my skills, transforming me into a graceful dancer amidst the chaos. I leapt past Marie, bounded through the obstacles, and soared through the mud. My steps light and nimble, I glided over the mud pits, and then pirouetted over the gorge. The next obstacle coming my way: The King of the Swingers. The ropes and nets were no match for my trained limbs; my limbs flowed from one rope to the next, swinging, swaying across with ease.'Question 11Answera.It creates a sense of detachment from the protagonist's experiences.b.It allows for a deeper understanding of the protagonist's thoughts and emotions.c.It establishes a sense of mystery surrounding the protagonist's identity.d.It introduces multiple perspectives on the events described.

Read the following passage and answer the question. Effective narration rests on two key writing techniques: the careful, accurate sequencing of events and a consistent point of view on the part of the narrator. Narrative sequence and essential shifts in the sequence are signaled in three ways: chronology (clock and calendar time), transitional words pertaining to time (before, after, next, first, while, then), and verb tenses that indicate whether something has happened (past tense) or is under way (present tense). The point of view indicates the writer’s relation to the information being narrated as reflected in the use of person. Narration usually expresses a first- or third-person point of view. Which is correct about the basis of an effective narration?

_______ analysis examines dialogue between a teller of a story and a listener. ThematicPerformativeInteractional Structural