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GCSE English Literature Extract "A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat" Themes and Quotes Revision
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"A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat" by Emma Levine English GCSE Seen Texts anthology This is a collection of quotes which have brief explanations with them and are listed by theme. There are more than 30 quotes. It is really helpful to have this summary when revising because it is only the impor...

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  • January 6, 2019
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  • emma levine
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  • a game of polo with a headless goat

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English GCSE Revision- From a Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
THEMES
1) Excitement
 ‘Wacky Races’- Western culture reference link to audience, crazy and
out of control, hilarity
 ‘This was Formula 1 without rules, or a city centre rush hour gone
anarchic; a complete fouung of every type of trafc rule and common
sense.’
 ‘suddenly fred up with enthusiasm’- like a car, sets tone for surprise
 ‘cloud of fumes’ – imagery for audience
 ‘ vehicles roaring up’- imagery for audience, connotauons of wild,
danger, interesung even spectaung
 ‘ffty vehicles’ ‘ 0 k kph’- stausucs make link to audience, in conte t
 ‘revved the engine’- onomatopoeia ‘v’ sound of engine
 ‘uproar’- energy, animal like
 ‘picking up speed’- already fast, how much faster can they go?
2) Cultural Diferences
 ‘Never been interested in Karachi sport’- very unusual
 ‘Yaqoob and Iqbal were nervously hanging around a volaule situauon’-
They are from there so diferent
 ‘I’m underage!’- fun, e ciung to be underage, unlike here

3) Suspense

 ‘We drove of to fnd the best viewing spot’- introducuon, confusing for
audience

 ‘ only acuon was a villager’- anu-clima
 ‘waited for eternity’- audience can relate, hyperbole to show
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4) Extraordinary experience

 ‘special ratles used just for this purpose’- unique
 ‘horns tooung, bells ringing’- short phrases for fast pace, all in one go at
the same ume

5) Danger

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