Brooklyn Cop

Question 1

What are the three types of imagery

Answer 1

Similie
Metaphor
Personification

Question 2

What are the different types of sentence structure

Answer 2

Repetition

Punctuation

Question 3

Where is Brooklyn cop set

Answer 3

Brooklyn New York City

Question 4

What is ‘built like a gorilla’

Answer 4

A simile

Question 5

What does ‘built like a gorilla’ suggest about the Brooklyn cop

Answer 5

Just as a gorilla is:
Big
Threatening 
Powerful 
Vicious 
Animalistic 
Intimidating 
Uncivilized 
So too is the Brooklyn cop

Question 6

What does ‘but less timid, suggest

Answer 6

That the cop is:
Wilder than a gorilla
More unpredictable
More dangerous

Question 7

What does ‘thick-fleshed’ suggest

Answer 7

1. He is physically strong

2. He is emotionally strong and tough as well

Question 8

Why is the Brooklyn cop ‘thick-fleshed’

Answer 8

He has been through a lot of hardship and has dealt with it

Question 9

What is ‘steak colored’

Answer 9

A metaphor

Question 10

What does ‘steak-coloured’ suggest

Answer 10

1. The cop’s skin is rough and coarse like a steak.
2. He is hard working and rough
3. It gives an indication of his race

Question 11

What are the four main techniques in Brooklyn cop

Answer 11

Imagery
Word choice
Sentence structure
Setting

Question 12

What does ‘two hieroglyphs in his face’ suggest about the Brooklyn cop

Answer 12

1. The cop has marks or scars on his face

2. Just as hieroglyphs are difficult to read so too are the cops emotions

Question 13

What is ‘two hieroglyphs in his face’

Answer 13

A metaphor

Question 14

What does ‘he walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence’ suggest

Answer 14

That there is a very fine line between safety and danger.

Just as a ‘tissue’ is fragile so too is peace

Question 15

What is ‘thin tissue’

Answer 15

A metaphor

Question 16

What do the words ‘babe’ and ‘honey’ suggest

Answer 16

That the cop is affectionate towards his wife. It is a contrast between how he is at work and how he is at home

Question 17

What does ‘he hoped it he truly hoped it’ suggest

Answer 17

The repetition suggests that he is terrified of not making it back home to his wife

Question 18

What does ‘he is a gorilla’ suggest

Answer 18

It is a continuation of the simile in the first line but now he is not just compared to a gorilla but actually is a gorilla.
Suggests that he is without human emotions

Question 19

What does ‘should the tissue tear suggest’

Answer 19

That the Brooklyn cop is questioning what he should do if violence breaks out

Question 20

What does the word ‘plunge’ suggest

Answer 20

Connotations of diving in quickly without thinking suggesting that the cop is reckless when he is at work

Question 21

What do the words ‘violence’, ‘clubbings’ and ‘gunshots’ suggest

Answer 21

They show the level of danger that the cop has to deal with on a daily basis

Question 22

What does ‘phoebes whamburger’ and ‘Louie’s place’ suggest

Answer 22

They suggest gang related and mafia places so suggest what kind of crime the cop deals with

Question 23

‘Who would be him, who’s home is a place he might, this time, never get back to’
What does it suggest

Answer 23

The use of rhetorical question suggests that the life the cop leads is not one that anyone would volunteer for.
It also suggests again how much the cop wants to go home to his wife

Question 24

What does the phrase ‘gorilla with a night stick ‘ suggest

Answer 24

That the cop is vicious and brutal. He prefers to use a bat as his weapon rather than a gun suggesting that he enjoys beating people

Question 25

What does the word ‘victims’ suggest

Answer 25

The cop does not help the victims of crime instead he makes the criminals his own victims. He takes the law into his own hands.
Connotations of police brutality

Question 26

What is the mnemonic for an introduction

Answer 26

Tarts

Title
Author
Reference to the question 
Techniques 
Summary

Question 27

What is the mnemonic for main paragraphs

Answer 27

Star

Statement
Textual evidence
Analysis
Response

Question 28

What are the two main things to do in a conclusion

Answer 28

Look back over the statements

Personally respond to the poem