Starter quiz
- If something is nourishing then it is...
- good for your wellbeing and health ✓
- bad for your wellbeing and health
- something delicious
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- Describing something as 'rusted' suggests...
- it is in perfect condition
- it is deteriorating ✓
- it is something of no value
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- A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using the verb "to be" is a...
- 'metaphor' ✓
- Referring to what a poet wanted and planned to do is referring to their...
- 'intention' ✓
- If something is hidden away then what might that imply?
- it is precious ✓
- it isn't valued
- it's something to be ashamed of ✓
- it's something to be proud of
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- Generally, we think of birds as symbolising...
- freedom ✓
- ambition
- romance
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Exit quiz
- Of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business is known as...
- industrial ✓
- rural
- military
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- A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group is the...
- 'dialect' ✓
- In the first stanza of Berry's 'Homing', elocution is presented as being perceived as ______ to regional accents.
- superior ✓
- inferior
- subordinate
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- In Berry's 'Homing', the speaker says they want to "swallow" their relative's voice. What might the implication of this be?
- They consider their relative's voice nourishing. ✓
- They consider their relative's voice precious.
- They consider their relative's voice irrelevant.
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- In Berry's 'Homing', the speaker wants to "forge" or recreate their relative's accent. What might this imply?
- They consider their relative's dialect worth saving from obscurity. ✓
- They consider their relative's dialect as a way of creating a bond with them. ✓
- They consider their relative's dialect as a way of physically sustaining them.
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- In Berry's 'Homing', the image of the ______ at the end of the poem could have been intended to suggest a connection between voice, place and identity.
- 'homing pigeon' ✓
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Key learning points
- The subject of the poem is likely the speaker’s relative.
- The speaker implies that the subject felt is necessary to hide their regional dialect.
- The speaker is trying to keep the dialect alive by recreating it.
- Arguably, Berry’s intention is to suggest the importance of accents to identity.
Common misconception
That the meaning of a poem remains static throughout.
In 'Homing', the subject's accent is portrayed as something negative at the beginning of the poem. However, by the end it is portrayed as something vital to identity and heritage.
Keywords
Dialect - a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
Industrial - of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business
Extended metaphor - a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines or stanzas of poetry
Elocution - the skill of speaking using standard forms of pronunciation
Intention - something that you want and plan to do
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