Starter quiz
- To open a dialogue with someone you generally say...
- hello ✓
- goodbye
- farewell
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- Contrast means...
- an obvious difference between two or more things ✓
- an obvious similarity between two or more things
- a subtle similarity between two or more things
- two completely unrelated things
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- Match the contrasting pairs of words.
- "silence"⇔"loudly" ✓
- "lit"⇔"darkness" ✓
- "sunny"⇔"snow" ✓
- Which pronoun shows a group of people?
- "I"
- "you"
- "us" ✓
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- Inclusion means...
- including someone ✓
- excluding someone
- greeting someone
- talking about someone
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- The opening sentence of a paragraph that explains the main focus or argument is the ______ sentence.
- 'topic' ✓
Exit quiz
- Berry's decision to start 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955' with "hello" suggests a...
- welcoming attitude ✓
- combative attitude
- disengaged attitude
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- Berry's decision to end 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955' with "us" suggests...
- the subjects have formed a relationship
- the subjects have formed a connection ✓
- the subjects have had a conversation
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- Berry's use of contrasting pairs in the poem may show...
- how different people can coexist ✓
- how similar people can coexist
- how different people cannot coexist
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- The purpose of a concluding sentence of a single paragraph outline is to...
- outline arguments of each paragraph
- summarise argument in each paragraph ✓
- outline key language, form, structure or contextual detail
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- To talk about something in a way that relates to ideas or principles is called talking about it...
- conceptually ✓
- clearly
- concisely
- convolutedly
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- The quality or state of being human is...
- 'humanity' ✓
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Key learning points
- Berry may have utilised contrasting pairs to show the inherent differences between people
- The existence of these contrasting pairs within the framework of the poem could represent people coexisting in society.
- The structural progression of the poem shows the subjects forming a connection.
- Berry may have done this to show how open communication can lead to connections
Common misconception
That the use of contrast in a poem is always intended to show friction and tension.
While the use of contrast shows difference, it doesn't necessarily have to show friction; instead, it might represent how we can coexist even though we are different.
Keywords
Humanity - the quality or state of being human
Contrast - the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association
Conceptually - in a way that relates to ideas or principles
Inclusion - the act of including someone or something as part of a group
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