The Class Game Flashcards

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How can you tell what class I’m from?

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  • Repetition
  • Rhetorical Question - challenging stereotypes and expectations
  • ‘Tell’ connotations of certainty and definity
    -Immediately introduces the theme as the main topic
  • Creates a cyclical structure with the final line
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Have a label on me head, and another on me bum?

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  • Accusing the addressee of stereotyping through the imagery
  • Rhetorical Question - questioning society’s judgmental attitude
  • Questions whether what we base assumptions off of is right
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Or is it because my hands are stained with toil? / Instead of soft lily-white with perfume and oil?

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  • Juxtaposition
  • Symbolism of upper and middle class
  • Low, socioeconomic status and the attached stigma
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Me say Tara to me Ma instead of Bye Mummy Dear

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  • Difference in colloquialisms means she feels distant from the rest of society
  • English, standard pronunciation
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Well mate!

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  • Sarcastic tone
  • Slightly patronising
  • Highlights anger about the restrictions that class has put on her life
  • Exclamative emphasises, defiant tone
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Other features

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  • One long, stanza sets the poem out to be a rant
  • Enjambment mimics human speech, making it sound more informal and conversational
  • lots of contrasting language
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