Young & Dyslexic? Flashcards
“As a child I suffered, but I learned to turn dyslexia to my advantage, to see the world more creatively. We are the architects, we are the designers.”
Rhythmic dub poetry
Child connotes a positive and innocent image.
“I” refers to first person, showing to the audience that the text are his personal experiences and opinions.’
“suffered” contrasts with the image of positivity suggested by child also emotive language.
Inclusive pronouns, collective “we” includes the readers. Repetition/ anaphora of dyslexic analogy.
Complex sentences, begins the text with his personal view- mentioning that he has dyslexia- to support credibility that we can believe his perception.
“A high percentage of the prison population are dyslexic, and a high percentage of the architect population.”
Surprising contrast of the two different kinds of people with dyslexia. Providing a negative idea as a positive.
structurally varies from the previous paragraph as he begins with a fact about people with dyslexia in comparison with his personal experiences.
“I’m of the generation where teachers didn’t know what dyslexia was. The big problem with the education system then was that there was no compassion, no understanding and no humanity… the past is a different kind of country.”
Rule of 3 (contrasting), emphasis on the lacking education system.
Paragraph is explaining the authors thoughts on the education system.
“country” is a metaphor regarding how dissimilar the cultures, values and ideologies of the past are compared to today.
“See the world differently. Us dyslexic people, we’ve got it going on - we are the architects. We are the designers.”
Parallel sentence to generate a climatic sense of optimism.
Collective pronoun.
Structurally ends with advice to build rapport with the reader, providing experiences as evidence for the credibility of his advice.
“When I look at a back, the first thing I see is the size of it, and I know that’s what it’s like for a lot of young people who find reading tough.”
Relating personal struggle to general public.
