ALARM (A Learning And Responding Matrix)

Identify
WHAT

Describe
WHAT

Explain
HOW

Analyse
HOW

EVALUATE
CONNOTATIONS

State quote/technique
Textual feature

Describe in detail the

evidence that you have
chosen

effect/purpose

Link the explanation to

the concept of
Transformation
(consider the
context/values)

Explain why this is an

effective representation
of Transformation

When he was 11 years

old he was smoking
marijuana and drinking
alcohol

He starting doing
negative things at such a
young age

The transformation is the

boy growing up to fast

The powerful metaphor

of burning liquor shows
how fast we grew to
adolescence

He became an artist he is
using his life as an
explanation

To share is personal life

just like his father did

He transformed into an
creative artist

The use of repetition I

started writing is
effective in showing the
transformation inti
becoming a creative
artist

By eleven smoking
herb and drinking
burning liquor

so I started
writing songs, I
started writing
stories

 my women
brought children
for me

This expresses that he is

now a father with
women

The effect help shows

that he has settle down
and became a father

He has now entered a

new stage having
responsibility with
caretaking

The contrast from being

irresponsible child to
having to take care and
having the responsibility
of a child emphasis the
mature transformation
in his life