Texts Flashcards
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rrrWhat are the themes in danger of a single story.
Storytelling, Stereotypes, bias, prejudice, inclusivity and identity.
Analyse the quote “the danger of a single story”
Danger - connotes of harmful, threatening.
“Single” connotations to one side.
Analyse the quote “all my characters were white and blue-
eyed,…they talked a lot about the
weather, how lovely it was that the sun
had come out.”
Uses listing of characteristics she would read in western books.
Shows lack of diversity.
Analyse the quote “Fide”, her “room-mate”, “Mexicans”
Anecdotes, shows her experience of seeing how stories create stereotypes.
Analyse the quote “I was overwhelmed with shame.”
Short sentence emphasises her realization that she was also someone who was prejudice.
What are the themes in a passage to Africa.
Poverty, Journalism, Human Suffering
Analyse the quote “I saw a thousand hungry, lean, scared faces”
“but one i’ll never forget”
Listing illustrates the sheer amount of poverty that he was witnessed during his experience.
Makes us question about that one man.
Analyse the quote “It was rotting; she was rotting”
Use of anecdote of what he has witnessed.
The verb “rotting” Creates a vulgar, grotesque image. Repetition of rotting creates vulgar grotesque image
Analyse the quote “So, my nameless friend, I owe you one”
The noun connotes to someone who has a everlasting impact in your life.
What are the themes in explorers daughter?
Inner conflict, moral dilemma, treatment of animals
Analyse the quote “glittering kingdom”
Glittering - adjective connotations of beauty, magical, sparkling.
Kingdom - Connotes to majestic, importance
Analyse the quote “essential” “necessity” “vitamins” “valuable part of diet”
Portrays her arguments as to why hunting narwhals is needed.
Uses listing to show why it is valuable.
Analyse the quote “in that split second my heart leapt for both hunter and narwhal.”
Shows her conflicted feeling/emotions about saving or hunting narwhals.
Personifies heart to exaggerate her strong emotions about this subject and how torn she is about whether narwhal hunting is or or not.
Analyse the quote “my heart also urged the narwhal to dive, to leave, to survive”
Personifies the quote again that shows she is torn between wanting the narwhal to survive and understanding why the people need to hunt.
Analyse the quote “Hunting is still an absolute necessity in Thule.”
-At the end of the extract she understands that hunting is needed for the survival of these people.
What are the themes in explorers or boys messing about.
Adventure vs recklessness, Media representation, risk and consequences, masculinity and responsibility.
Analyse the quote “Explorers or boys messing about?”
“Explorers” - Connotes to bravery, intelligence and adventure. Often linked with historical figures that made great discoveries. This juxtaposed to the the use of “boys” that suggests immaturity.
Analyse the quote “nothing short of a miracle they survived”
Use of dialogue and opinions showing conflict miracle conveys luck.
Analyse the quote “Farce” and “the men were plucked”
“Farce” = Ridiculous, genre of play or film that describes extreme comic accidents.
Verb “plucked” shows how the men were small and insignificant.
Analyse the quote “tens of thousands of pounds.”
Statistic emphasises how a lot of money was used to save them.
What are themes in 127 hours?
Resilience, Hopelessness, vulnerability, isolation
Analyse the quote “As a child i suffered”
Conveys the emotional weight of Zephaniah’s early experience with dyslexia. The word suffered emphasises pain.
Analyse the quote “The teacher said, ‘Shut up, stupid
boy.”
illustrates the harsh reality of how educators can contribute to
a child’s feelings of inadequacy.
Analyse the quote “A high percentage of the prison population are dyslexic and a high percentage of the architect
population.”
A stark contrast between the two different paths often taken by people.
