How does Zephaniah use language and structure in "Young and Dyslexic" to portray his struggle? You should support your answer with close reference to the extract, including brief quotations.

Zephaniah is open and abrupt, he doesn't pull any punches in citing the negative aspects he faced during his struggle.

The teacher said, “Shut up, stupid boy. Bad people would do one-third more bad.” I thought I’d put in a good idea. I was just being creative. She also had a point, but the thing was, she called me stupid for even thinking about it.

Once, when I was finding it difficult to engage with writing and had asked for some help, a teacher said, “It’s all right. We can’t all be intelligent, but you’ll end up being a good sportsperson, so why don’t you go outside and play some football?”