Close passage of excerpts or poems
Split into two and work with two contrasting key ideas/themes
- ie Race relationships and power: Principal: in a position of authority/power/stereotypes and language features/tone style; note the ironical description of the principal who defies the stereotypical image of a professional and caring persona; he is disinterested in the student’s welfare; Maxine is aware that owing to his inappropriate emotional strategies, he is increasing, not reducing, her vulnerability to victimisation.
- Race relationships and victim: Maxine and her position of dependence/subservience and language features/tone/style Note the description of Maxine throughout the excerpt; note her coping mechanisms; her fear of ridicule; her lack of confidence in authority figures; her phobic reaction to the letters; her awareness of the inappropriateness of the suggested “solution; her awareness of a culture that facilitates, rather than eradicates, racial persecution.
Structure: How to structure a close passage analysis (poem or excerpt); editorial or opinion piece: Identify:
- key idea/central image/theme (be as analytically precise as possible).
- language and poetic devices that best reinforce this key idea
- 3 quotes (style/tone and purpose)
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