Best known for her children’s
series about little grey rabbit
and Sam pig
She began writing to support herself and
her son financially after she became a
widow
Context of production:
Intended for children
Allison Uttely started writing children’s books
to support herself financially
Written in the 1930’s
Layout of presentation: Small paragraphs and simple sentences due to it being
written for children ‘Oh its hot said hare’
Blue Font
This can be linked to text 23:
Jonathan Crisp as it uses colour to
represent the heat of the crisps,
illustrations, different colour font
and personification ‘Crisps of natural
character’
Illustrations
Last paragraph has rhyming couplets
Form and structure: The text has small
paragraphs mostly made up of simple and
compound sentences ‘Eat it cried Rabbit
This compares to Text 4: Grandpa’s soup, which has simple
sentences ‘He knows I will grow up and pine for it’
It also has one long paragraph which is
written in a stream of consciousness
Sound patterning: Rhymes, alliteration
‘Pancake day pancake day’
This can be compared to Text 4: Grandpas
soup as it uses rhymes and alliteration
‘Hough which rhymes with loch’
Word choice: Monosyllabic, its intended for
small children so it’s easy and simple to read
‘OFF’ is in capitals
Can be compared with text 1:
Butchers shop ‘They hang’ as this
gives a visual representation of them
hanging
‘Meaty smile’
Butcher
described as a
piece of meat
Polysyllabic, gives a negative
description of the butcher
Grammar: Very simple sentences so it’s easy to read