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The Right Word

The Right Word. Imitiaz Dharker. Learning Objectives. AO1 : respond to texts critically and imaginatively, select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.

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The Right Word

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  1. The Right Word Imitiaz Dharker

  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. The Right Word • Outside the door, • lurking in the shadows, • is a terrorist. • Is that the wrong description? • Outside that door, • taking shelter in the shadows, • is a freedom-fighter.

  4. I haven’t got this right. • Outside, waiting in the shadows, • is a hostile militant. • Are words no more • than waving, wavering flags? • Outside your door, • watchful in the shadows, • is a guerrilla warrior.

  5. God help me. • Outside, defying every shadow, • stands a martyr. • I saw his face. • No words can help me now. • Just outside the door, • lost in the shadows, • is child who looks like mine.

  6. One word for you. • Outside my door, • his hand too steady, • his eyes too hard • is a boy who looks like your son, too. • I open the door. • Come in, I say. • Come in and eat with us. • The child steps in • and carefully, at my door, • takes off his shoes.

  7. Can you relate these images to certain stanzas in the poem?

  8. The Right Word • Outside the door, • lurking in the shadows, • is a terrorist. • Is that the wrong description? • Outside that door, • taking shelter in the shadows, • is a freedom-fighter. What is the difference between these 2 words?

  9. I haven’t got this right. • Outside, waiting in the shadows, • is a hostile militant. What do you understand by this description?

  10. Are words no more • than waving, wavering flags? • Outside your door, • watchful in the shadows, • is a guerrilla warrior. What does this suggest to you?

  11. God help me. • Outside, defying every shadow, • stands a martyr. • I saw his face. What does this word mean to you?

  12. Why are words of no help? • No words can help me now. • Just outside the door, • lost in the shadows, • is child who looks like mine.

  13. What might this mean? • One word for you. • Outside my door, • his hand too steady, • his eyes too hard • is a boy who looks like your son, too.

  14. I open the door. • Come in, I say. • Come in and eat with us. • The child steps in • and carefully, at my door, • takes off his shoes. What does this show?

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