Young and dyslexic Flashcards
Suffered
Important that this quote is at beginning. Personal, emotive language to make reader feel sympathy.
We are the architects, we are the designers
Personal pronoun to unite people with dyslexia. Repetition from line 2 and line 86.
No compassion, no understanding and no humanity
Repetition. Shows difficult times he went through.
The past is a different kind of country
Polysyndeton - Kind things teachers couldn’t do.
Shut up stupid boy
Short sentence makes it sound aggressive and cold. Dismissive. Cruelty.
He was stereotyping me
Patronising.
I got thrown out of a lot of schools
Lack of understanding from teachers causes bad behaviour.
A high percentage of the prison population are dyslexic
Shows the difficulty people with dyslexia face.
Conquering your fears and finding your path
Being able to overcome the obstacles that are faced.
I never thought I was stupid
Despite the abuse he faced he never thought he was stupid.
Wid luv
Difficulty. People misunderstood him; they thought he was writing phonetically.
Don’t be heavy on yourself
It is encouraging. Re assuring tone?
Your creativity muscle gets bigger
Attempt at humour. colloquial.
Us dyslexic people, we’ve got it going on
Expressing the difficulty that dyslexic people face.
