belfast confetti lo: to understand the meaning behind the poem and the techniques that are used to...
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Belfast Confetti
LO: to understand the meaning behind the poem and the
techniques that are used to reveal it.
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Confetti
Belfast
Get your phones
out!
Famous Battles
• Balaclava - The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War
• Raglan – Lord Raglan, commander at Battle of Balaclava
• Inkerman - The Battle of The Inkerman was part of the Crimean War November 1854
• Odessa Street - The Siege of Odessa was part of the Soviet-German War in 1941
• Carson's use of the street names of Belfast that refer to these battles - "Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street" - underlines the violence of the Troubles.
How is language used to convey meaning?
Writing Fighting
exclamation mark riot
How is imagery used to create meaning?
Quotation Image created
raining exclamation marks
an asterisk on the map
this hyphenated line
stuttering
a fusillade of question marks