Half caste Flashcards
Excuse me
Confrontational tone, challenge the people who use the term
Standing on one leg
Metaphorical, reflects how term negatively represents being mixed as disabling, challenging negative associations
Explain yourself
Refrain, wants to challenge audience prejudice, imperative verb he wants them to explain why they use derogatory terms. Celebrates the culture and reflects writing in standard English doesn’t show his culture
Picasso mix red an green
Picasso mice’s to create beauty and creativity, speaker challenges negative associated.
You mean when light and shadow mix
Light and shadow is natural as weather like half caste is natural
Key
Repetition , to emphasise they are the same just different colours
Half caste is made out as positive part of life
Mix a black keybwid a white key
Keys mix to create a harmony
Explain yuself
Tone change, more angry and leads to sarcasm
Direct address and o reader makes it more powerful.
Half of mih eye
Extended metaphor, emphaisies how people view half caste on how they see them as half a person. Agard is ants to challenge this they see mixed race people as an advantage
Yu must come back tomorrow
Modal verb, invited change in perspective and beliefs
Whole of yu eye
Whole of yu ear
Whole of yu mind
See person, hear message, have an open mind
Structure; repetition to see person as a whole implies readers are disabled by prejudice views their whole Prejudice blinds them
De other half of my story
Colour of skim only part of his story and wants to celebrate his culture and feel accepted
