Starter quiz
- What is physicality related to?
- bodily contact or activity ✓
- mental stimulation and inspiration
- emotional stability and reassurance
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- Which of the following is an accurate summary of Mundair's 'Name Journeys'?
- The speaker is celebrating her journey from India to Manchester.
- The speaker is exploring the struggle of her migration. ✓
- The speaker is explaining the effects of her migration to her daughter.
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- Which of the following is an accurate summary of Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955'?
- The subject is asking the Quaker about her experience of migration.
- The Quaker is asking the subject about their experience of migration. ✓
- The subject is arguing with the Quaker about their experience of migration.
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- Arguably, what is the intention in Femi's 'Thirteen'?
- to symbolise the lack of hope and opportunities for young black men ✓
- to represent the effects of under-funding on institutions such as the police
- to comment on the rising crime rate in city areas such as London
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- What do the words "cornered" and "dislodged" have in common?
- they suggest a sense of comfort
- they suggest a sense of discomfort ✓
- they suggest a sense of being off balance
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- The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another is called a...
- transition ✓
- destination
- reprieve
- transistor
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Exit quiz
- The words "dislodged" and "alongside" from Mundair's 'Name Journeys' and Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955' suggest the speakers feel...
- settled in their new home
- unstettled in their new home ✓
- anger at the treatment in their new home
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- The words "stumble" and "cornered" from Mundair's 'Name Journeys' and Femi's 'Thirteen' imply...
- the speakers feel at home in their surroundings
- the speakers feel physically uncomfortable in their surroundings ✓
- the speakers feel emotionally uncomfortable in their surroundings
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- The place or point of entering or beginning is called the...
- 'threshold' ✓
- In Femi's 'Thirteen', the officer "told" the primary school children that they were "stars" - what does this suggest in the poem?
- He is in a position of power since he influenced the children's education. ✓
- He likes children and wants to work with them more.
- He didn't like the subject from the moment he saw him as a child.
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- The ability to act autonomously and freely is called having...
- 'agency' ✓
- Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold is known as...
- liminal ✓
- temporal
- theoretical
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Key learning points
- Both Mundair and Berry place their speakers in a liminal space.
- Arguably, through this liminality, their intention could be to show the connection between place and identity.
- Both Mundair and Femi present the uncomfortable physical experience of discrimination.
- Both Femi and Berry consider ideas of voice and agency to comment on the experience of minorities.
Common misconception
The content of the poem matters more than who is speaking in the poem.
The voice we hear in a poem is incredibly important for the meaning as it could show us who the poet deems as important or perhaps they are making a comment on who has agency in society.
Keywords
Liminal - occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
Threshold - the place or point of entering or beginning
Physicality - involvement of bodily contact or activity
Agency - the ability to act autonomously and freely
Transition - the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another
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