Prep for Exams.

How does the distinctively visual shape our understanding of the world around us?

INTRO – Opening paragraph.

Distinctively visual texts hold many different techniques and ideas, which have been used by the composer to bond a relationship between the audience/reader and the text. These different techniques carry a strong sense of imagery and because of that, they shape our understanding of the world around us. The play by John Misto, “The Shoe-Horn Sonata” and the poem, “The Action in the Ghetto of Rohatyn, March 1942” by Alexander Kimel both are prime examples of how the distinctively visual texts shape our understanding of the world around us.

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HARSH REALITY WITH THE USE OF DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE 1- The distinctively visual opens up our minds in the concept of seeing how harsh reality can be. Alexander Kimel really opens up the mind to the reader by using very descriptive language; this creates a image in our head. “Mass grave steaming with the vapor of blood. The reader would picture a grave yard with steaming coming our from the ground. During WWII this would have meant throwing bodies into the snow and the warm blood being melted, which creates vapour. Along with Alexander, John Misto also uses descriptive language and imagery to create such a distinctively visual text. The poem, The Shoe-Horn Sonata is a play that shows the life of two make-belief prisoners of war named, Bridie and Sheila. They retell the stories from the war on behalf of all the ladies who were captured. John Misto is constantly using different dramatic techniques to represent imagery in this play.
Quotes from Poem:
“Children shaking like leaves in the wind, Mothers searching for a piece of bread, Shadows, on swollen legs, moving with fear”
“The Mass grave steaming with vapour of blood”

(Shoe-horn sonata and related text examples) AIM FOR MOTIFS AND IMAGERY. In the related text and Shoe-Horn Sonata there are links between the two that both relate to distinctively visual. Talk about LOTS of different themes when talking about one, for e.g., Misto uses symbolism, but along with symbolism comes imagery, motifs, and more. – STRUCTURAL, VISUAL, DRAMATIC DEVICES.

LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES, POETIC AND DRAMATIC DEVICES.
2- The distinctively visual opens up our minds by implementing different images into our mind that will challenge what we understand about our surroundings. The way that the reader perceives the text determines how distinctively visual the text is. LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE READER AND THE TEXT, OR THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IN THE TEXTS. INCLUDE IMAGERY
3- Misto uses real life stories and uses two fictional characters to represent what he found out about war. RELATED TEXT.
The texts challenge us by exposing truth and encouraging different morals. Use quotes from Misto and other related text to emphasise real life stories.

CONCLUSION- When acknowledging the evidence provided above, one may now recognise that with the use of different devices, whether that be poetic, dramatic or any other type of language feature, a strong sense of imagery is created. These images that are being implemented into our minds create a pathway for us to challenge the way we think about society, and our perception of the world changes us.