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Belfast Confetti

Belfast Confetti. Ciaran Carson. Learning Objectives. AO1 : respond to texts critically and imaginatively, select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.

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Belfast Confetti

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  1. Belfast Confetti Ciaran Carson

  2. Learning Objectives • AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively, select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. • AO2: explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings.

  3. Belfast Confetti • Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation • marks, • Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. A fount of broken type. And • the explosion • Itself – an asterisk on the map. This hyphenated line, a burst • of rapid fire … • I was trying to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept • stuttering, • All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and • colons

  4. I know this labyrinth so well – Balaklava, Raglan, Inkerman, • Odessa Street – • Why can’t I escape? Every move is punctuated. Crimea Street. • Dead end again. • A Saracen, Kremlin-2 mesh. Makrolon face-shields. Walkie- • talkies. What is • My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? • A fusillade of question-marks.

  5. These images relate to the poem. Try to identify them in the poem.Do you know what the phrase ‘Belfast confetti’ means? Can you workit out from the poem or these images?

  6. Belfast Confetti What are exclamation marks used for? • Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation • marks, • Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. A fount of broken type. And • the explosion • Itself – an asterisk on the map. This hyphenated line, a burst • of rapid fire … What is the asterisk doing?

  7. I was trying to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept • stuttering, • All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and • colons What emotion is the writer feeling here?

  8. Where are these places? Is there a clue in the poem? • I know this labyrinth so well – Balaklava, Raglan, Inkerman, • Odessa Street – • Why can’t I escape? Every move is punctuated. Crimea Street. • Dead end again. What is the writer escaping from?

  9. What do these words mean? • A Saracen, Kremlin-2 mesh. Makrolon face-shields. Walkie- • talkies. What is • My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? • A fusillade of question-marks.

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