Starter quiz
- If something is "ancient" that means it is ...
- old ✓
- new
- beautiful
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- 'Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority' is the definition of which word beginning with 'o'?
- 'oppression' ✓
- 'The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect' is the definition of ______.
- 'juxtaposition' ✓
- 'A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster' is the definition of which word beginning with 'r'?
- 'refugee' ✓
- We normally associate music and poetry with ideas of ...
- creativity. ✓
- individuality. ✓
- practicality.
- rationality.
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- 'The history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society' is the definition of ...
- 'heritage' ✓
Exit quiz
- 'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of which word beginning with 'b'?
- 'belonging' ✓
- 'To prevent something from being seen or expressed' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?
- 'suppressed' ✓
- By using words such as "song" and "poetry" in 'We Refugees', Zephaniah suggests that oppressive regimes suppress which of the following things?
- individuality ✓
- creativity ✓
- practicality
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- Arguably, through words such as "told" in 'We Refugees', Zephaniah implies that refugees experience continued ______ once they have left their home.
- acceptance
- oppression ✓
- belonging
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- In Zephaniah's 'We Refugees', the juxtaposition of "beautiful" and "floods" in successive lines to describe places implies which of the following?
- how quickly things can change ✓
- how slowly things take to change
- how places stay the same
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- In Zephaniah's 'We Refugees', the speaker suggests that their forest became a ...
- field. ✓
- meadow.
- tree.
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Key learning points
- Zephaniah's use of oppressive verbs throughout the poem reflect the oppressive regimes people flee from.
- Arguably, Zephaniah suggests that the oppression continues once the refugees have arrived "somewhere".
- The juxtaposition surrounding the ideas of place could reflect how easily somewhere can shift to a war or disaster.
- The change from "forest" to "field" could suggest how people lose connections to their heritage through refugeeism.
Common misconception
That refugees come from places that have always been war torn and a disaster zone.
Refugees can come from anywhere - places that used to be beautiful but have changed through war, regime change or natural disaster.
Keywords
Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
Oppression - prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society
Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group
Suppressed - to prevent something from being seen or expressed
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