Bed Among the Lentils.

- Read the opening stage directions. What key information do we learn about Susan?

Susan is reconised as the "vicar's wife" in the stage directions. This suggests that Susan is seen as merely an object or possession of someone else. It states that she is "thin and nervous and probably smokes" which instantly makes the reader reflect and question why this is, which is intriguing and encourages the reader/viewer to continue to do read/watch.

- What does Susan's language reveal about her age, social class and attitudes?

Susan's language for the duration of the monologue is complexed and descriptive. This gives the impression that she is well educated and traditional. This image created by the reader is supported by the information received through the stage directions, when it is expressed that Susan is a "vicar's wife." By using language such as "(a) pang of sympathy" lives up to the expectations, set by the writer, of how a vicars wife is assumed to act.

- Which techniques has Bennett employed to make this sound like spontaneous speech?

Bennett employed fillers and side comments in the monologue to make it sound spontaneous. This is because Susan is assumed to be saying her thoughts and feelings in the moment that she is thinking/feeling them. By using side comments such as "you can say that again" gives the effect that Susan is being conversational towards the reader. She is also adding extra sentences which don't carry any information needed for the reader to know more about Susan or how she feels. This shows the monologue is spontaneous as she is unaware of what she is going to say next.

- Identify any moments of humour and explain what makes them funny.

- Identify any moments of pathos (sadness) and explain what is significant about them.

Towards the end of the monologue on film, Susans voice starts to slur and stutter. She is sniffing and making the reader feel sympathy as she sounds as if she is about to cry. This moment of pathos is shown whilst Susan is speaking about Ramish and how he sold his shop. She shows signs of grieving and uses language to show she misses him. For example, when Susan says "She's old enough apparently" her tone changes from being steady and dull, to being higher pitched and slow.

- How does Bennett hint or foreshadow future events in the narrative?

About Me Analysis.

For my 'about me' post on my blog, I decided to write in a conversational tone and present myself in an open way. I did this to display to the reader that my writing reflects me as a person- open. I wanted to include the reader in my blog and did this by asking rhetorical questions- "who isn't?" so they felt hooked onto what they were reading and wanted to continue to do so. I also wanted to include the reader so they felt a sense of empathy towards my piece- understanding how I feel about myself throughout the emotive language I added into my blog.

As the 'about me' blog was written in a conversational tone I wanted to make the piece fast flowing alike the thoughts I was having at that moment. This again reflected me and fulfills the title 'about me' as the blog not only tells the reader of my opinions, but also indicates more personal information such as my thought process.

Armstrong and Miller Sketch.

Throughout the Armstrong and Miller sketch the writer includes informal and slang words to create comedy. The use of language such as "deal with it girlfriend" and "swear down" is associated with teenage slang, specifically teenage girls. Armstrong and Miller and presented as soldiers fighting during WW1 who in the viewers perception are expected to be formal and wise. In the sketch they both are seen gossiping about topics a lot less important than the war they are supposedly fighting.

In the sketch, the writer has used an over exaggeration of the amount of slang words usually used to empathize the illiterate use of language spoken by teenagers during this generation. The over exaggeration of the perception of teenagers adds to the comical script as the behavior of the soldiers is so unexpected and against the stereotype of how they were seen to have acted. The use of fillers is added throughout the sketch which is a familiar feature of spoken language that teenagers often use. Fillers are used such as "isn't it", and "uh." By using fillers throughtout this sketch it indicates to the reader that the characters are contradicting their expected formal speech and instead speaking informally.