Vocab - General Language Flashcards
Q1
D, E, G, H
Q2 - Freedom
Evident that source A - much greater state of freedom. Children in source B - ‘under strict scrutiny of their supervisor’ whilst source A ‘run around on gravelled playgrounds and ‘play alone in the dark’ where ‘sweets skull.’ can infer that they are completely free of adult supervision - because of this they have liberty of being slightly misbehaved. Adversely, although source B seem to ‘given liberty as much as like’ alike source A, employers reduce their ‘already pitiful pay’ to account. Hence, source A - very literal childhoods in sense that completely untethered from adult chaperoning. Conversely, source B restrictive and constraining childhoods - complete antithesis to source A and are constantly under employers’ supervision. Time period affects this.
Q3 - Challenging
Composed of tough shell sticky interior. Contrast between outer and inner employed through ‘induce lockjaw in donkey’. Traditionally - donkeys tough, yet humorous image of having jaw shut from sweet highlights severe rigidity of sweet - not even strong animal let alone young child can penetrate through ‘glutinous’ sweets. Through this, writer reveals how sticky fantails were - ‘toffee’ sweets so tenacious that child’s mouth need to be ‘chipped open with chisel.’ Guttural alliteration creates harsher sound, emulating tough and firm nature of fantail. Verb ‘chipped’ dramatically depicts how its all but impossible to pry mouth open whilst eating, making it clear that very sticky.
Q3 - Children relish
Writer conveys that although eating is extremely strenuous task, children relished challenge. Even though process of digesting is made apparently hard, a ‘group of six boys’ engage in ‘hard work’ to finish ‘one packet’. Sibilance utilised - reminds reader of snakes, common image of temptation due to biblical serpent in garden of eden. This suggests that boys are aware of the extremity of eating fantail, yet can’t resist primitive urge of attempting. Juxtaposition between ‘one packet’ ‘six boys’ conveys strain and exertion required, as multiple people needed to tackle only one pack. Demonstrates the arduous process of getting through these sweets, yet children enjoy it.
Q3 - Painful
Writer presents eating as painful experience. Recalls ‘lot of strangled crying in dark’. Strangled cry is cry that stops before it is finished - could symbolise fantails, mimicking how the children eat them and are never able to finish it. The fact that packet would last ‘an average human being forever’ further supports this idea. Hyperbolic language of ‘forever’ emphasises durability of these sweets, almost daring reader to have a go. Fact that eaten ‘in the dark’ could be pathetic fallacy, resembling childrens’ anguish and agony in consuming fantails.
Q4 - intro/plan
Evident that writers in source A and B have differing attitudes to sweets - writer in source a takes a more person approach and reflects on sweets causing him intense excitement in his childhood. Writer in Source b on the other hand has more detached academic attitude toward sweets - no personal involvement. Source A acknowledges sweets aren’t great for child’s health, source B ultimately believes sweets are beneficial and nutritious.
Q4 - point 1
1 - source A strong sense of excitement, source B dangerous and poisonous. source A associates happy childhood mems with sweets. ‘like trying to eat a china vase’ - vivid simile to convey intense child-like excitement of eating sweets - challenge that he relished. Source B ‘sweets containing poison’ - complex sentence to illustrate differing attitude - viewed sweets with suspicion and caution. Clear that Source A fully trusted sweets and had positive attitude - source B reluctant. Could even tell apart the poisonous from the non-poisonous.
Q5 - Plan (for)
1) New trends - clothes becoming out of fashion very quickly, meaning disposed of faster. Only a shocking []% are recycled or donated - end up in landfills instead, producing vast amounts of greenhouse gases + global warming.
2) Yes some people can’t afford expensive branded clothing - but majority of consumers are in an enviable state of financial security. Why condemn child labour upon vulnerable children? People are worked to the core in inhospitable conditions - we are contributing to their misery.
Yes clothes are becoming cheaper, but as their prices descend, so does their quality.
Q5 - Intro
There are a plethora of people who feast on cheap clothes and fast fashion as a way of life. They applaud big companies like Primark, H&M, and Zara for enabling us to buy a new top for £3. They believe that cheap, poor quality shirts mass produced by vulnerable children in sweat shops is some sort of ‘bargain’.
