Words and Their Suggestions – This is when you take a word and write about another meaning it may have.

Images Created by Sentences – This is when a particular phrase or sentence creates a picture in the reader’s imagination.

Particular Language Techniques – This is when you highlight a particular language technique and how it relates to your point.

“His bloody life in my bloody hands”

“…tosses his guts back into his body…”

“…tosses his guts back into his body. Then he’s carted off in the back of a lorry.”

How Does Armitage Use Language To Show That The Protagonist Feels Guilty In ‘Remains‘ ?

The protagonist feeling guilty is clearly seen when Armitage says “…his bloody life in my bloody hands”. This shows that it’s a big responsibility to have someone else’s life, taken away, in his hands. “Tosses his guts back into his body…” shows how gruesome and violent the situation was. Particularly the way it was described, like it wasn’t something major, and it’s something that often happens. It was like they were used to thing as violent as that happening. Armitage then also uses rhyme to enforce the severity of the situation.