Young And Dyslexic

Question 1

What is it about?

Answer 1

Struggles of Benjamin zephaniah when he was a dyslexic student in school. At this time dyslexia was not known to teachers so they made fun of him

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

• born in Birmingham as a black rastafarian
• he writes about racial prejudice
• influenced by Caribbean heritage

Question 3

Purpose

Answer 3

Reassures reader that you can become successful with dyslexia

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

• chronological order = uses ages to describe time moving

Question 5

Important quotes

Answer 5

• “no compassion, no understanding, no humanity”
• “ if you look at the statistics, i should be in prison”
• “bloody non-dyslexics, who do they think they are”
• “my ideas always contradicted the teachers”
• “ the past is a different kind of country”

Question 6

What is the quote that is repeated at the start and end if the extract?

Answer 6

“ We are the architects. We are the designers”