Language and Style

Tone

Emotion

Device

colonial
illiterate
grammatically incorrect

aggressiv
e

anger

foreshadowi
ng

Smashers dialogue conveys his anger, aggression and roughness, and

also foreshadows the violence he will later encourage in the massacre.
Smasher shouts at Thornhill, We know about you, cosying up to them
bastards You and that Tom bloody Blackwood. I seen the two of
youse Dont come crying to me, Will Thornhill When you get a
spear in your guts (p.234). Smashers words are coarse, his sentences
short and sharp and full of derogatory and offensive language.

Dialogue and Characterisation

Tone

Emotion

Tone

Emotion

Device

c)
Language and Style

Tone

Emotion

Device

colonial
illiterate
grammatically incorrect

aggressiv
e

anger

foreshadowi
ng

Smashers dialogue conveys his anger, aggression and roughness, and

also foreshadows the violence he will later encourage in the massacre.
Smasher shouts at Thornhill, We know about you, cosying up to them
bastards You and that Tom bloody Blackwood. I seen the two of
youse Dont come crying to me, Will Thornhill When you get a
spear in your guts (p.234). Smashers words are coarse, his sentences
short and sharp and full of derogatory and offensive language.

Dialogue and Characterisation

a) We know about you, cosying up to them bastards (p.234)

b)
Language and Style

Language and Style

Device

a) We know about you, cosying up to them bastards (p.234)

b)
Language and Style

Tone

Emotion

Tone

Emotion

Device

c)
Language and Style

Device