Young And Dyslexic?

Question 1

Meaning

Answer 1

Benjamin Zephaniah is dyslex and writes this to encourage those who are also dyslexic

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Anecdotes
Direct speech
Asyndetic Listing
Narrative voice
Simple sentences/short sentences
Syntactic parallelism
Circular structure

Question 3

Anecdotes

Answer 3

-create interest in the article engaging the reader and giving us insiste into his life

Question 4

Direct speech

Answer 4

-shocks the reader, shut up stupid boy

Question 5

Asyndetic listing

Answer 5

-give those with dyslexia encouragement to see all the amazing things that he has done

Question 6

Narrative voice

Answer 6

-connects him to the reader

Question 7

Simple/ short sentences

Answer 7

-portray simple ideas effectively

Question 8

Syntactic parallelism

Answer 8

-along with ‘we’, gives rhythm and feels like a powerful statement, we are the architects we are the designers

Question 9

Circular structure

Answer 9

-goes back to the initial idea of we are the architects we are the designers

Question 10

Langauge

Answer 10

Emotive language
Metaphor
Anaphoric tricolon
Possible allusion
Juxtaposition
Humour
Collective pronouns
Final question rhetorical

Question 11

Emotive language

Answer 11

-makes those who are not dyslexic more undertanding

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

‘The past is a different kind of country’
Highlights how attitudes have changed for the better

Question 13

Anaphoric tricolor

Answer 13

No…,no…no…, shocks the reader, and makes us interested to hear about his experiences
Also we feel compassion

Question 14

Possible allusions

Answer 14

-almost facetious
-teh past is a different kind of country might be an allusion to the go between, he was told he was stupid and yet he is quoting classical literature

Question 15

Juxtaposition

Answer 15

He juxtaposes stabbing someone with stealing a car
- this is humorous and possibly makes teens have more respect for him as he didn’t allow teacher to be immoral

Question 16

Humour

Answer 16

-connects with the reader,
-makes a young audience more likely to read on

Question 17

Collective pronouns

Answer 17

-creates a sense of togetherness with those who have dyslexia

Question 18

Final rhetorical question

Answer 18

-flips it on the audience, makes those who have been mean to someone with dyslexia think about their actions