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    Throughout paragraph 6, the writer effectively uses vivid imagery to create an overall sense of inadequacy

    and failure. The image of a ‘forlorn heap’ makes the magician’s tricks seem abandoned and dejected. It

    illustrates an image of a desolate,sad and morose pile of equipment. Furthermore, the visual image ‘a

    humiliating dent’ subdues the pride and prestige of a magician’s costume and renders an image of an

    ashamed and undignified magician in the reader's mind. The kinesthetic image ‘a rag waving its surrender’

    reinforces the magician’s failure and inability to perform magic tricks by juxtaposing the excitement and

    mystery that revolves around a magician’s movements with the word ‘surrender.’ On the other hand, the

    explicit use of the word ‘crumpled’ makes the magician’s wand seem damaged and defeated, buttressing the

    overall effect of the passage.

    In paragraph 9, the writer uses striking visual, kinesthetic and auditory images to whimsically portray the

    damage done to a video game controller and create a humorous and exuberant atmosphere. The kinesthetic

    image ‘performed small cartwheels’ dramatises the movements of the control buttons to seem spectacular

    and eye-catching. Furthermore, the phrase ‘neatly cracking open’ illustrates the clean symmetric split of the

    remote control. It also brands the opening of the remote as a grand cinematic reveal and bolsters the sense of

    ebullience in the passage. The use of the word ‘escaped’ makes the outbreak of the batteries seem intentional

    and exciting. The word ‘skidded’ also adds to the sense of excitement and exuberance in the text by

    portraying the rapid movement of the remote and adding an element of risk to the scene. The phrase

    'mischievously popped its head out’ personifies the joystick to be playful and cheeky and reinforces the light,

    comic nature of the incident. The last word of the paragraph ‘spectacle’ epitomizes the passage’s effect by

    recounting the use of animated vivid imagery in the descriptions of the remote control’s larger than life

    movements.

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