10 minute task

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10 minute task

• A writing competition is to be held on the topic
  Major issues for the coming decade.
• Write an essay in which you analyse and comment
  on the view that, despite some progress, women
  are still not treated as equally as men.

• THIS IS BEING ASSESSED FOR WRITING.
• SPECIFICALLY YOUR ABILITY TO ANALYSE, REVIEW,
  COMMENT.
• In ten minutes you should be able to write a
  powerful opening with a clear direction on where
  the essay is going.

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Island Man example 1Analyse the language.

• In the calming first stanza, Nichols uses
  alliteration. For example, the man wakes to the
  sound of the surf. Here the s sounds echo the
  waves lapping on the shore which creates an image
  of paradise. This shows a positive connection
  between the man and his homeland. In the same
  stanza, the poet uses a metaphor. She describes
  the waves steady breaking and wombing. The
  waves are constant and reassuring. The word
  wombing is clever because it creates an image
  of being protected. It connects the man with the
  island almost like a mother and a child,
  stressing the importance of their relationship.

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Island Man example 1Analyse the language.

• In the calming first stanza, Nichols uses
  alliteration. For example, the man wakes to the
  sound of the surf. Here the s sounds echo the
  waves lapping on the shore which creates an image
  of paradise. This shows a positive connection
  between the man and his homeland. In the same
  stanza, the poet uses a metaphor. She describes
  the waves steady breaking and wombing. The
  waves are constant and reassuring. The word
  wombing is clever because it creates an image
  of being protected. It connects the man with the
  island almost like a mother and a child,
  stressing the importance of their relationship.

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Island Man example 1Analyse the language.

• In the calming first stanza, Nichols uses
  alliteration. For example, the man wakes to the
  sound of the surf. Here the s sounds echo the
  waves lapping on the shore which creates an image
  of paradise. This shows a positive connection
  between the man and his homeland. In the same
  stanza, the poet uses a metaphor. She describes
  the waves steady breaking and wombing. The
  waves are constant and reassuring. The word
  wombing is clever because it creates an image
  of being protected. It connects the man with the
  island almost like a mother and a child,
  stressing the importance of their relationship.

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Island Man example 1Analyse the language.

• In the calming first stanza, Nichols uses
  alliteration. For example, the man wakes to the
  sound of the surf. Here the s sounds echo the
  waves lapping on the shore which creates an image
  of paradise. This shows a positive connection
  between the man and his homeland. In the same
  stanza, the poet uses a metaphor. She describes
  the waves steady breaking and wombing. The
  waves are constant and reassuring. The word
  wombing is clever because it creates an image
  of being protected. It connects the man with the
  island almost like a mother and a child,
  stressing the importance of their relationship.

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Island Man example 1Analyse the language.

• In the calming first stanza, Nichols uses
  alliteration. For example, the man wakes to the
  sound of the surf. Here the s sounds echo the
  waves lapping on the shore which creates an image
  of paradise. This shows a positive connection
  between the man and his homeland. In the same
  stanza, the poet uses a metaphor. She describes
  the waves steady breaking and wombing. The
  waves are constant and reassuring. The word
  wombing is clever because it creates an image
  of being protected. It connects the man with the
  island almost like a mother and a child,
  stressing the importance of their relationship.

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Island Man example 2Analyse the language.

• The connection between the man and the island is
  cleverly seen in the way the poet uses no
  punctuation all the lines flow into each other,
  echoing the mans dream-like state and mirroring
  the rhythm of the waves. Everything is connected
  and, through enjambment, the lines merge together
  echoing the way that the man exists in two
  places the fond memories of the tranquil
  Caribbean and the monotonous routine of dull
  London. He drifts in and out of both worlds.
• This connection with the island is further
  emphasised by the use of the pronoun his in
  his small emerald island it belongs to him.
  Furthermore, the metaphorical use of emerald
  creates the image of a precious gem as well as
  painting the image of a lush green land, the
  island is seen as something that he treasures.
  The poet emphasises here the importance of
  identity and belonging although the man lives in
  London his cultural roots are with the Caribbean.
  Finally in the second stanza, Nichols shows the
  sun surfacing defiantly. The alliteration makes
  the s sound plosive and mirrors the actions of
  the sun forcing its way up from the east. The use
  of the strong adverb defiantly personifies the
  sun and has the effect of suggesting whatever
  happens the day will be beautiful, the sun will
  find a way through. In some ways, it could be
  said that this also describes the man who will
  always come back , but his is less defiance
  and determination to get up and more a
  realisation that he has to. He has to heave
  himself to work. The onomatopoeic heave has
  connotations of reluctance, heaviness and
  sadness. He is not connected to London but has to
  live here his heart is with the small emerald
  isle.