Starter quiz
- In 'Leave Taking', how old is the character of Del?
- 16
- 17
- 18 ✓
- 19
- 20
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- In 'Leave Taking', how old is the character of Viv?
- 15
- 16
- 17 ✓
- 18
- 19
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- In 'Leave Taking', when and why does Del leave home?
- Scene One - after fighting with Enid about obeah
- Scene Two - after fighting with Enid about losing her job ✓
- Scene Three - after fighting with Enid about the Pastor visiting
- Scene Four - after a heart to heart with Enid about the death of her mother
- Scene Five - after a fight with Viv about skipping one of her A Level exams
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- In 'Leave Taking', when and why does Viv leave home?
- Scene One - after fighting with Enid about obeah
- Scene Three - after Enid slaps Del
- Scene Five - after skipping an A Level exam
- Scene Seven - Enid throws her and Brod out of the house ✓
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- Starting with the first, order the plot points related to the relationship between Del and Mai in 'Leave Taking', in chronological order.
- 1⇔Del is rude to Mai behind her back
- 2⇔Mai says she is around if Del ever needs to talk
- 3⇔Del tries to steal a charm from Mai
- 4⇔Del moves in with Mai
- 5⇔Mai teachers Del about obeah practices
- 6⇔Mai tests Del on obeah
- 7⇔Mai asks Del to complete an obeah reading for Enid
- In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', what does Pinnock call Viv and Del?
- victims of the Windrush scandal
- first generation immigrants
- feminists
- this new breed of Black British woman ✓
- enigmatic (mysterious) figures
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Exit quiz
- When writing analytical essays about 'Leave Taking', your essays should start with an overarching argument about the text. As students of English Literature, what do we call this overarching argument?
- a topic sentence
- a summary
- a big idea
- a thesis ✓
- an introduction
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- When writing essays about 'Leave Taking', your essays will start with a thesis. A thesis should be based on a reading of the ______ text.
- 'entire' ✓
- In Scene Six of 'Leave Taking', Mai says to Del, "You at peace with yourself, you at ______ anywhere."
- 'home' ✓
- When writing an essay about 'Leave Taking's' exploration of coming of age, there are key words that might help you explore Pinnock's ideas. Match their definitions to their meanings.
- coming of age⇔when someone legally becomes an adult, or when someone matures ✓
- intergenerational conflict⇔tension between younger and older people, often in a family ✓
- internal conflict⇔struggle and difficulty that takes place in your own mind ✓
- dislocation⇔a sense of being out of place, or in the wrong place ✓
- intersect⇔connect, cross, meet ✓
- Which of the following key themes is Pinnock most interested in exploring in 'Leave Taking'?
- dislocation ✓
- beauty
- cleaning
- intergenerational conflict ✓
- coming of age ✓
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- Which statement accurately explains one of the functions of the character of Mai in 'Leave Taking'?
- Mai is a foil to Brod.
- Mai is a catalyst to Brod.
- Mai is a minor character.
- Mai is a catalyst for Del. ✓
- Mai is a foil for Viv.
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Key learning points
- A thesis statement is a clear, overarching argument.
- Topic sentences give focus to individual paragraphs.
- Select main quotations and supporting quotations to include in an essay.
- Main quotations should be analysed; supporting quotations don’t need to be analysed.
- Concluding sentences can focus on a writer’s intention and draw your paragraph to a close.
Common misconception
Ideas for one essay question can't be used in any other essay on the same text.
By the end of exploring and writing about a text, you will realise that there are certain ideas and references which you can rely on over and over.
Keywords
Coming of age - when someone legally becomes an adult, but also used to describe when someone matures and develops
Intergenerational conflict - tension between younger and older people, often in a family, for example a parent and child
Internal conflict - struggle and difficulty that takes place in your own mind
Dislocation - a sense of being out of place, or in the wrong place
Intersect - connect, cross, meet
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