‘More than just a place to sleep’
Intro: Summarise the text. State the meaning of the text. State the language effects that will be discussed.
Find a quote
Explain the language feature
Explain how it adds to the meaning of the text
This text descibes an exibit in a musuem that showcases 26 teenage bedrooms. It shows ideas on the significance of a bedroom to a teenager. In the first line, it says, “a teenagers bedroom is her showroom”. This is a metaphor which brings the bedroom together with the idea of a showroom, which helps explain how a bedroom is to a teenager. The use of a metaphor making the bedroom a showroom says that it is a place where a teenager can express their feelings and their mind, creating a showroom that expresses the teenager. This metaphor conveys the idea that the bedroom is a place where they can express themselves.
A direct quote is used to show how a teenager feels about a bedroom. Freya says that she puts “things up that I like, that are special to no one else.” The direct quote is a very useful way to find out the teenager’s perpective on their bedroom. Freya describes it as a place that is hers alone, and is meaningless to everyone but her. She says how it is a place where she can be herself, and the bedroom is almost a part of her. The use of the quote adds to the idea of a bedrooms importance to a teenager.
The use of contrast between an adults childhood compared to now furthers the idea of the bedrooms significance to a teenager. “The changes reflect increased ability to work and socialise from our own rooms”. This contrast emphasizes that the bedroom is not just a place to be safe in, it is also now a place to socialize and connect with other people in. The contrast adds to the idea of what a bedroom means to a modern day teenager, and how it is different to the past.
These language features have been used by the author to emphasize the main idea of the text, on how a bedroom is very significant to a modern day teenager.