by melaniewp | Jul 14, 2022 | Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, Pathetic Fallacy, Technical Terms
PATHETIC FALLACY is a type of imagery where weather is used to represent emotions. Any place that weather is used, you’ll usually find it. It is most commonly used to build tension, or to externalise a character’s internal (mental) state.EXERCISE:This extract is from...
by melaniewp | Jul 12, 2013 | Pathetic Fallacy, poster, Technical Terms
Wow! I never realised pathetic fallacy was so exciting! I must buy this as a poster!
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Creative Writing, Of Mice and Men, Pathetic Fallacy, Setting
This example of setting, mood and atmosphere is from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, from the final chapter which returns to the setting from the start of the book. The location is Salinas, California.The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the...
by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Pathetic Fallacy, personification, Poetry, Setting, Technical Terms, Writing
Pathetic Fallacy is a technique for creating atmosphere in a story.Emotions are given to setting, objects and / or weather. This often reflects the main character(s)’ mood, or the mood of the book e.g. stormy emotions are externalised in a physical...
