Starter quiz
- What does a surgeon do?
- operate on patients ✓
- fly planes
- strategise military intelligence
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- The word 'slap' creates a __________ impression.
- negative, violent ✓
- warm, positive
- neutral, predictable
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- The history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society is the...
- 'heritage' ✓
- If you have crafted something with your hands then you likely feel...
- connected to it ✓
- indifferent to it
- wary of it
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- If your only piece of jewellery is 'worn thin' and 'plain' we might assume...
- you can't afford more ✓
- you could afford more
- you don't care about jewellery
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- Sitting 'straight-backed' implies...
- you are paying attention ✓
- you are indifferent
- you aren't focusing
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following words from Parker's 'The Jewellery Maker' implies an element of danger?
- "deft"
- "straight-backed"
- "hot" ✓
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- In 'The Jewellery Maker', words such as "dance" and "dragonflies" imply a __________ to Parker's jewellery maker.
- sadness
- lightness ✓
- contemplative air
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- In 'The Jewellery Maker', Parker compares the jewellery maker to a surgeon which implies...
- we should respect them ✓
- we shouldn't respect them
- we should fear them
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- Describing someone as "deft" means...
- they are clumsy in their movements
- they are skilful in their movements ✓
- they are slow in their movements
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- In Parker's 'The Jewellery Maker', the women who buy the jewellery are described as having...
- "wrinkled skin"
- "unlined skin" ✓
- "powdered skin"
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- To be treated as if you are not important is to be...
- 'marginalised' ✓
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Key learning points
- The craft of the jewellery maker is implied to be precise, focused and potentially dangerous.
- ‘The Jewellery Maker’ tells the narrative of an old man who makes beautiful jewellery in the sweltering heat.
- The jewellery maker dreams of giving his creations to his wife, but instead they are bought by rich women.
Common misconception
Context has to be a specific historical event or fact.
Considering the themes in the poet's other work is a valuable consideration of context.
Keywords
Deft - neatly skilful and quick in one's movements
Craft - an activity involving skill in making things by hand
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society
Marginalised - to be treated as if you are not important, peripheral and isolated
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