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FIRST
ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE
Grade 11
Literature
Module:
Poetry
RESOURCE PACK
 Grade 11 English First Additional Language – Resource Pack – Poetry

Mongane Wally Serote

SHANTYTOWN:
Anonymous
BLACK BOY:
A SLEEPING

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 THE CALL:
Gabeba
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Baderoon

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AT A SNAIL’S PACE, PLEASE:
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
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I SIT AND LOOK

Walt Whitman

William Blake

THE CHIMNEY
SWEEPER:
OUT:

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Sylvia Plath
James Twala
BILTONG:

MIRROR:

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 MEMORY:
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Chris van Wyk

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[COMPOSED UPON] WESTMINSTER
BRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802
William Wordsworth
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alliteration
assonance

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anti-climax
contrast

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hyperbole

euphemism

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irony
metaphor

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oxymoron
onomatopoeia

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personification
pun

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sarcasm
repetition

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symbol
simile

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and Renewal

understatement
Transience

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African Shantytowns
Addiction

Poverty in South
and Townships

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Child Neglect
Nature vs
Machine

and Abuse

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Leaving and

between a Mother
The Relationship
and Adult Child
Distance

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and Exploitation
Christianity in

Child Labour
Oppression

The Role of

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Responsibility for
Appearances

Human Suffering
Truth and

Personal

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Struggle of

Time and
Poverty

Ageing

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Home
Mother as
Provider

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Motherhood
Traumatic
Memory

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 Resource 1: Shantytown – Anonymous
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Thomas Amler/Shutterstock
A shantytown in Soweto, Johannesburg
 Resource 2: A Sleeping Black Boy –
Mongane Wally Serote
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Vadzim T/Shutterstock
Pedestrians and cars passing by – too busy to stop
 Resource 3: A Sleeping Black Boy –
Mongane Wally Serote
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kolokoso/Shutterstock
Glue sniffing
 Resource 4: At a Snail’s Pace, Please –
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
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somsak mungmee/Shutterstock
The chameleon – the trapeze artist
 Resource 5: At a Snail’s Pace, Please –
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
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Ivan Marianovic/Shutterstock
The snail on a juicy leaf
 Resource 6: At a Snail’s Pace, Please –
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
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Arts Illustrated Studios/Shutterstock
Nature vs Machine
 Resource 7: The Call – Gabeba Baderoon
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ArtShotPhoto/Shutterstock
Telephone plugged into the landing wall phone socket
 Resource 8: The Chimney Sweeper –
William Blake
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Kzenon/Shutterstock
Chimney sweeper standing on a rooftop
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Resource 9: The Chimney

Sweeper – William Blake

Denise LeBlanc/Shutterstock

A Victorian boy chimney sweeper

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 Resource 10: I Sit and Look Out –
Walt Whitman
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Diego Cervo/Shutterstock
An abuse victim
 Resource 11: Mirror – Sylvia Plath
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cerrophotography/Shutterstock
A mirror reflecting the opposite wall
 Resource 12: Mirror – Sylvia Plath
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Tereshchenko Dmitry/Shutterstock
Reflection in the lake
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Resource 13: Biltong – James Twala

Biltong
elena moiseev/Shutterstock

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Resource 14: Biltong –

James Twala

pimchawee/Shutterstock

Hungry child waiting for food

‘squatting like a sleepy frog’

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Resource 15: Memory –

Chris van Wyk

Arkadi Bulva/Shutterstock

A Primus stove

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 Resource 16: Memory – Chris van Wyk
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kgb224/Shutterstock
Vetkoek cooking in hot oil
 Resource 17: Memory – Chris van Wyk
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Phatinyakor/Shutterstock
Scars from oil burns
 Resource 18: [Composed upon] Westminster
Bridge, September 3, 1802 – William Wordsworth
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stoyanh/Shutterstock
Westminster Bridge, London
 Resource 19: [Composed upon] Westminster
Bridge, September 3, 1802 – William Wordsworth
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Sven Hansche/Shutterstock
Sunrise on the river Thames
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Key words (figurative

language/devices)
Figure of Definition
speech/Device

alliteration Repetition of consonants close together, e.g. cuddling kittens

assonance Repetition of vowels close together, e.g. blue moon

A disappointing or unexpected end to exciting events, e.g. We came! We

anti-climax
saw! (We left fast!)

Two opposite ideas set up against each other, e.g. Her friend’s success
contrast
made her own failure worse.

A mild word used instead of an embarrassing one, e.g. She passed away.
euphemism
(instead of ‘She died.’)

hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration, e.g. A big man in mountainous trousers.

A statement or situation that has an underlying meaning that is different

from the literal meaning, e.g. Standing in a storm and saying, ‘Nice
irony weather.’

metaphor A direct comparison of two unlike things, e.g. Liars made her blood boil.

oxymoron Two seemingly opposite words next to each other, e.g. open secret

onomatopoeia The word is the same as the sound, e.g. zip.

personification Giving human qualities to an object or idea, e.g. The wind howled.

A play on words which are identical or similar in sound. It is used to make

jokes, e.g. A horse is a stable animal. (Stable refers to the literal shelter, but
pun also to the figurative meaning of trustworthiness.)

repetition Saying the same thing again, e.g. Run! Run!

Extreme irony used to be unkind or to mock someone, e.g. saying ‘Oh, well
sarcasm
done!’ when someone breaks a glass.

simile An indirect comparison, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’, e.g. as red as blood

An object standing for an idea, e.g. Christianity is represented by a cross,

symbol
and Islam by a crescent moon.

Pretending something is less important than it is, e.g. saying, ‘There was
understatement
some damage’ after fires burned the entire peninsula.

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