Originally Flashcards

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All childhood is an immigration

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Metaphor ~ gives ideas of a journey and moving on. Relates to different changes, stages and milestones of growing up.

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The street, the house, the vacant rooms

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List ~ conveys how much she is leaving behind, how much she’ll miss.

Vacant ~ empty, isolated, lonely > reflects her feelings.

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My parents’ anxiety stirred like a loose tooth

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Simile ~ conveys the idea of something irritating and niggling, it’s always in the back of their heads. It’s not always visible to see, but is present in their feelings.

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I want our own country

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Direct speech ~ indicated by italics. It relates to the opening line, emphasising the ideas of belonging and origins.

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Where do you come from? … Originally?

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Questions ~ two very different questions. > is where you come from your original home? Conveys she is still always seen as the outsider.

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Skelf of shame

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Word choice ~ ‘skelf’ - use of Scottish dialect, shows her origins as she is still acting Scottish. Just as a skelf is something that is under your skin, so to her Scottish origins as something that remains with her.

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