Originally

Question 1

bawling

Answer 1

(W.C) ‘bawling’ has connotations of uncontrollable emotion and suggests the brothers share the speaker’s feelings about the move.

Question 2

All childhood is an emigration

Answer 2

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(I) Metaphor – just as emigration is a period of movement and transition so too is childhood a time of change and uncertainty.

Question 3

big boys

Answer 3

(I) Alliteration of the harsh ‘b’ emphasises how intimidating the speaker finds the new surroundings.

Question 4

eating worms and shouting words

Answer 4

(WC) ‘eating worms’ and ‘shouting’ create a tense atmosphere.
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Question 5

seeing your brother swallow a slug,

Answer 5

(I) Alliteration of ‘s’ echoes the actions of ‘big boys’ in previous stanza, showing the brothers now fit in well

Question 6

Originally?

Answer 6

(SS) Questions introduce a central idea – is where you come from the same as your original home?