Language Features and Imagery (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Caribbean dialect used to honour heritage & resist assimilation

Repetition of words at start of successive clauses

Placing contrasting elements side by side to expose gaps

A win that costs too much; migration's hidden cost

'Coon cheese' - racism embedded in consumer products

Confronting readers with blunt reality of racist language

Warning signs; microaggressions signalling larger problems

Space of constant observation where family is always judged

Creates intimate voice; form of resistance to assimilation

Childhood innocence (creek/tadpoles) vs racist surveillance