2.2 Maya Angelou: Mom & Me & Mom Flashcards
Genre
humorous and personal recollection of memory
Mode
autobiographical extract
Audience
fans of Angelou, those interesed in African American culture/civil rights
Purpose
to recount life experience with a view to publication, reflective
Context
Maya Angelou: internationally recognised artist, campaigner, spokesperson for civil rights, parents split when young
“Mrs Jefferson was kind and grandmotherly”
post modifying adjectives
- connote age, caring and maternal nature
“By the time I was twenty two”
discourse marker
- contextualises memory
“Disastrous culinary exploits”
Verb
- foreshadows awful cooking
- humorous
- hyperbolic
- juxtaposes her personality and cooking
“A mysterious, red white and brown concoction”
colour imagery
- hyperbolic
- amusing, connotes it’s inedible
“Gothic, heavily carved furniture”
imagery
- grand and luxurious
- extravagant
- impressive
- juxtaposition between poverty and wealth
“Once a month”
adverbial phrase
- distance
- forced regularity
“She understood and encouraged my self reliance”
verb
- mother is supportive of her desire for independence
- link to civil rights movement
“I looked forward eagerly”
adverb
- affection and admiration
- contrasts with formality
“Vivian’s Red Rice Day”
capitalised to indicate importance of memory
“My mother was dressed beautifully”
adjective
- indicates her beauty
- she is well presented and attractive
