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Inside Outsider Flashcards

1
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Tone

A

Defiance and discrimination

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2
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Paradox

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Metaphor

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3
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L1
Paradox meaning

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Your home is where you should feel more comfortable

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4
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L2
Personification

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Home is personified negative words show depth of turmoil and confusion

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5
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L3

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Strangers believe they know her pain

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L4

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Metaphor
She compares their eyes to boxes ( square )

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” smallness “

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Small minded , not accepting of other view points

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L5

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Easier to ignore reality , as the truth hurts . Pretending to understand her pain makes her feel better about themselves

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” woo “

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Seduce

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10
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L6

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The poet refuses to live in the box that society wants to put her in

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11
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” will not “

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Defiant tone

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L7
“ They are not my home. “

A

Defiant tone

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13
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L8
Metaphor

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The poet lists 2 things that she knows feel like home

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14
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L9
Repetition of what home is

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To emphasize that their reality is not hers

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15
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L10 and 11

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When you know where you come from you can use it as a defence or mental weapon.

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L12

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Weary Tone

17
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L13

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Comparing people to define her to fires that burn her feet it is painful

18
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L14
“ anointed “

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Swear with oil as part of a religious ceremony to bless

19
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L15

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She wishes to be as certain of her origin and her home as some people are.

20
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L16 and 17

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The poet says that she will wander the Earth in search of her phone and her “ tribe “

21
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Tribe

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The people here make her feel at home , not the people who spread rumors about her land

22
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L18 & L19

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She will not stop until she finds her home. and if she needs be will build it by herself

23
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“Shreds of boxes “

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This refers that the boxes society wants to put her in . She will rip those ideas int threads

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