The explorers daughter
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- The Explorer's Daughter by Kari Herbet
- At the start of the text she uses a subordinate sentence.
- "Two hours after the last of the hunters had returned and eaten, narwhals were spotted. again this time very close.
- Herbert uses emotive imagery when describing the narwha.
- "in a spectral play of color"
- This makes the narwhal seem beautiful and engages the reader as they picture the narwhal in their head.
- "in a spectral play of color"
- Herbert uses a semantic feel.
- "Glittering kingdom, butter gold"
- This excites the reader as she describes the narwhal like this as they really want to see this.
- "Glittering kingdom, butter gold"
- Herbert uses subject specific lexis
- "The narwhal rarely stray from arctic water"
- This is to make her look intellligent and make the reader trust her.
- "The narwhal rarely stray from arctic water"
- .She builds up tension
- "Every hunter was on the water. Their hearing is particularly developed"
- This get the reader excited and worried about the narwhal and the hunters
- "Every hunter was on the water. Their hearing is particularly developed"
- At the start of the text she uses a subordinate sentence.
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