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Them & [Uz] Revision Flashcards

AQA Paper 2 Revision

1
Q

Why does Harrison write the title using IPA? (Them and [uz])

A

To introudce the conflict between working-class accents and RP.

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Why does Harrison choose the form of a sonnet and strict rhyming patterns despite the non-standard nature of language?

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To symbolise an effort to break free from ‘accepted’ and expected form of expression.

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Who was Richard Hoggart?

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An academic who wrote about the changes ot language forced upon the working class.

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Who is Leon Cortez?

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An actor and entertianer who spoke in regional accent.

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Why does Harrison dedicate the poem to both Hoggart and Cortez?

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He is showing that both academia and entertainment both have linguistic value.

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Where is the title ‘Them & [Uz]’ taken from?

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A chapter in Richard Hoggart’s book on the oppression of working class speech.

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Why does Harrison juxtapose the dramatic Greek opening of ‘aiai’ with the comedic ‘ay, ay!’ of the working-class?

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To highlight the tensions between the two that form the central conflict in the poem.

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8
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What does ‘orator’ mean?

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Speaker

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Who was Demosthenes?

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He was a skilled orator famous in Greece in 400 BC.

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Why does Harrison mention that Demosthenes had a stutter?

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To highlight that others who have literary value did not speak perfect RP.

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Who are the three literary figures that Harrison references in the poem, who did not speak perfect RP?

A

Demosthenes, Keats and Wordsworth

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12
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gob full of pebbles ___________ seas’

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outshouting

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At beginning of the second stanza of Them & [uz] what does the speaker do to rebel against prescritivist ideas of expression?

A

Uses the number 4 instead of the word.

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What is the effect of the ellipsis in stanza two of Them & [uz]?

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Highlights the abrupt interruption of the teacher, mocking the regional accent.

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What does the teacher all TW in Them & [us] to demean the way he speaks?

A

barbarian

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16
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I played the Drunker Porter in Macbeth.’ Why is this line a single-line stanza?

A

To emphasise the speaker’s disappointment but to also highlight his acceptance at this stage in the poem.

17
Q

What literary symbols does Harrison employ in stanza 3 of Them & [us]?

A

Poetry to symbolise RP speakers and prose to symbolise regional speakers.

18
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What is the effect of the parnenthesis (even Cockney Keats?’?

A

It casts doubt on the assertion of the value of RP.

19
Q

Why does Harrison call those who push RP ‘Receivers’?

A

Receivers deal with bankruptcy. Harrison believes the establishment has bankrupted the regional accent and eroded its value.

20
Q

Harrison suggesting ‘Receivers’ have bankrupted regional accents could be linked to what contextually?

A

The erosion of regional accents after the introduction of public schools in the 19th century.

21
Q

Other than Them & [us], which poems in Harrison’s collection deal with the lack of voice of working class speakers?

A

National Trust, Marked with D, Working

22
Q

That ___ my trap’

A

shut

23
Q

What attitude towards accents do terms like ‘stuffed’, ‘lumps’ ‘hawk up’ and ‘ spit out’ show?

A

One of disgust.

24
Q

How does Harrison show an aggressive and forceful attempt to silence his accent at the end of the first section of Them & [us]?

A

E-nun-ci-ate!

25
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How does Harrison show an immediate change of tone in the second section of Them & [us]?

A

He becomes much more rebellious, shown through regional dialect. (So right, yer buggers, then!)

26
Q

We’ll occupy // your lousy ________ Poetry.’

A

leasehold

27
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Why does Harrison call their poetry leasehold?

A

It implies that RP speakers only have temporary control over it. The idea of a correct English was only introduced from the 1600s onward.

28
Q

I chewed up _______________’

A

Littererchewer

29
Q

Who is ‘dozing Daniel Jones’?

A

The first person to use the term RP. Calling him dozy shows a disdain for him.

30
Q

What technique is used in [uz] [uz] [uz[?

A

Tricolon

31
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I’m _____ harrison’

A

Tony

32
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What is the importance of Tony, TW and Anthony in the poem?

A

TW shows the grammar school attempting to control his diction. Tony is his identity. Anthony is the formal self the newspaper expects a writer to be.

33
Q

___________ matter/water are full rhymes’

A

Wordsworth’s

34
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What does the final two lines of Them & [uz] show?

A

His exasperation. That for all his passionate ranting in the second section, it is going to be a harsh battle to win.

35
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Why does Harrison shift from rhyming couplets to alternate rhyming couplets at the end of the poem Them & [uz]?

A

To symbolise an effort to break free from ‘accepted’ and expected form of expression.

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