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Explore how Michael Morpurgo portrays the horrors and futility of war in his novel ‘War Horse’. Discuss with reference to narrative voice, characterisation, main incidents and/or any other appropriate feature.
PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRODUCTION (about 50 words)
Name of book
Name of author
Brief summary of text (no more than two lines)
What your essay is going to be about (refer to the task)
You can give this information in any order. You might give the information in the order 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 or 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 or even 3 – 1 – 2 – 4, any order at all. Be creative!
PARAGRAPH 2 – NARRATIVE VOICE (aim for 70 – 100 words)
When analysing a book, each point you make must have four points:
Statement – you make a point
Evidence – you include a quote (something from the text) which supports your statement
Analysis – explain how the quote you chose proves your statement is true
Link – explain how all of this answers the question
S – Michael Morpurgo uses the technique of narrative voice effectively to portray the horrors and futility of war. He does this by showing us the war from the point of view of the horse, Joey. This shows us what the war was like for both the British and the Germans in an unbiased way.
E – “I was busying myself at tearing the last of this away when I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a man in a grey uniform clamber out of the trenches…a small, helmeted figure in a flapping khaki greatcoat climbed up onto no man’s land.”
A - This helps us to understand that none of the men were horrible. They are described and recognised by their uniforms and nothing else. There are no differences between the men apart from their uniforms.
L - This shows us the horrors and futility of war as these men were made to fight and did not know what they were fighting for. They were not angry at one another or prepared for war.
Try to use this example and write your own version of this paragraph.
This format is used for all of your paragraphs, the
PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRODUCTION (about 50 words)
Name of book
Name of author
Brief summary of text (no more than two lines)
What your essay is going to be about (refer to the task)
You can give this information in any order. You might give the information in the order 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 or 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 or even 3 – 1 – 2 – 4, any order at all. Be creative!
PARAGRAPH 2 – NARRATIVE VOICE (aim for 70 – 100 words)
When analysing a book, each point you make must have four points:
Statement – you make a point
Evidence – you include a quote (something from the text) which supports your statement
Analysis – explain how the quote you chose proves your statement is true
Link – explain how all of this answers the question
S – Michael Morpurgo uses the technique of narrative voice effectively to portray the horrors and futility of war. He does this by showing us the war from the point of view of the horse, Joey. This shows us what the war was like for both the British and the Germans in an unbiased way.
E – “I was busying myself at tearing the last of this away when I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a man in a grey uniform clamber out of the trenches…a small, helmeted figure in a flapping khaki greatcoat climbed up onto no man’s land.”
A - This helps us to understand that none of the men were horrible. They are described and recognised by their uniforms and nothing else. There are no differences between the men apart from their uniforms.
L - This shows us the horrors and futility of war as these men were made to fight and did not know what they were fighting for. They were not angry at one another or prepared for war.
Try to use this example and write your own version of this paragraph.
This format is used for all of your paragraphs, the