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15 Cards in this Set
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Half caste Overall Meaning |
Writer is critizing the term half caste as it demeans his cultural background |
No half caste |
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Half caste Context |
Born in 1949 in Guyana which is located in the Caribbean. John Agard is a mixed race man who has a carribean father and Portuguese mother. Moved to Britain at age 28 and teaching about his Caribbean descent. Started getting mad about people calling him half caste |
1949 |
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Half caste Structural Devices |
Caribbean dialect, “ Ah listening to yu wid de keen half of mih ear.” - causes reader to speak in Caribbean acccent forcing them to be in the place of Agard.
Straightforward title, “Half Caste” - when you read the title able to make the right conclusion straightaway, same as judging a person |
Ah hello der |
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Half Caste Language Devices |
Repetition, “Explain yuself wha yu mean.” - causes reader to feel interrogated which is backed up by use of second person. Makes reader have to think about it
Cursing, “ ah rass” - create angry atmosphere representing poets feelings about racial discrimination and shows how stupid and rude it is to call someone half caste as they are a whole person
Metaphors, “yu mean when Picasso mix red an green” - defined image in readers head allowing them to open their mind up and realise calling someone half caste is wrong |
Explain yuself |
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Half Caste Tone Past or present tense? |
Light hearted anger is tone towards those people who racially discriminate
Present tense used to have a conversational feel and helps question reader about their experiences which racial discrimination |
Light hearted |
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No problem Overall Meaning |
Protesting your identity against those who are trying to hurt you in terms of racial identity and stereotypes based with it |
I’m brown and I like it |
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No problem Context |
Benjamin Zephaniah is a Rastafarian who grew up in Birmingham. During childhood he experience difficulties leading to him being illiterate when he left school following in a criminal conviction but educated himself as a adult. Wrote no problem to share his feeling about racial discrimination. Released in 1996. |
1996 just like half caste |
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No problem Structural Devices with quotes and meanings |
Jamaican dilect, “I am born academic but dey got me on de run...” - forces reader to speak in accent further feeling empathy and understand stereotypes are not true and everyone is equal.
Ironic title, “No problem” - conveys nothing is wrong but not true as racial problem, just like how someone judges someone is mostly wrong about it |
Got me on decrun |
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No problem Language Devices with quotes and meanings |
Repetition, “I am not de problem” - being different racial colours is no problem it’s the racist people who are the problem. Reader questions if they are a problem.
Alliteration of harsh plosives, “I am not de problem but I beat de brunt” - angry atmosphere representing poems feelings about racial discrimination and helps set the tone
Metaphors, “yu put me in a pigeon hole but I am versatile” - cannot label someone as they are more than that and opens up readers mind and questions their views on the subject
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Open up reader mind |
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No problem Tone Past or present tense |
Light hearted anger towards those who pin stereotypes on people based on race
Present tense creating a ranting like feel |
I am here not I was here |
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The Class Game Overall Meaning |
Outlining the differences between higher and lower class and criticising the class system while doing this |
Outlining |
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Class game Context |
Died in 1980, explores the class system and how it was defined then |
1980 |
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Class game Structural Devices with quotes and meanings |
Liverpudlian dialect, “ me say Tara to me ma” - forces reader to have to read in that accent and causes them to see she is proud of her accent and descent
Straightforward title, “The Class Game” - lets us see know what we are about to read and shows how people judge each other straight as they see the first part of them |
Judging |
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The class game Language Devices with quotes and meanings |
Repetition, “How can you tell what class I’m from?” - makes us feel interrogated and every time it is repeated a new angle of working class were being criticised
Simile, “I can talk posh like some” - shows imagery which further allow the mind of the people who discriminate to open up
Declarative sentence, “Well mate!” - causes her to become serious and show that she works hard to for what she has unlike posh people
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The class game Tone Past or present tense |
Tone is one of humour as it also the writing to feel more calm and composed
Present tense to highlight how it is still going on and shouldn’t |
Here |
