YOUNG AND DYSLEXIC Flashcards

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‘as a child I suffered, but learned to turn dyslexia to my advantage’

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Negative to positive
Microcosm of his argument

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‘we are architects, we are designers’

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Anaphore
Inclusive language
Directly addressing people with D

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‘was no compassion, no understanding and no humanity’

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Negative tricolon
Emphasises how bad it was

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‘kind and thoughtful and listening’

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Tricolon
Structurally contrasting two ways of teaching

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‘shut up, stupid boy’

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Personalised
Agressive tone
Direct quote

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‘who are you talking bout savages?’

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Rhetorical question
Strong element of racism in school

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‘he was stereotyping me’

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Identity
Race and dyslexia mixed

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‘mate’

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Informal register and language
Younger audience
More relatable for effect

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‘rude boy’

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Caribbean slang
Gangster

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‘revenge’

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Emotive language
Structurally we find this out first

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‘high percentage of prison population are dyslexic and a high percentage of the architect population’

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Balanced sentence
Dyslexia has two sides

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12
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‘stupid…stupid…stupid’

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Repetition

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‘Do I need an operation?’

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Lack of understanding
Never educated or explained about it
Question
C onfused tone

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14
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‘I wrote more poetry, novels for teenagers…’

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Listing
Shows normal despite dyslexia

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‘I have to draw something to let me know what the word is to come back to it later’

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Shows techniques for dealing with dyslexia
Shows it’s not a problem or bad thing

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‘passion, creativity, individuality’

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Tricolon
Asyndetic list
Dyslexics are likely to have these qualities

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‘dyslexia… race’

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Race and identity link
A part of culture and person

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‘if you’re dyslexic’

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Direct address

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‘defect’

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Emotive and strong language
Bad and offensive connotations

20
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‘bloody non-dyslexics… who do they think they are?’

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Humour
Turning argument around