Basics
Form - What type of text is this?
Monologue
What is the meaning of the word 'token' (para 5)
a) a coin that can be exchanged for goods or services
b) A person included to give the appearance of diversity
c) a distinguishing feature or characteristic
d) a small gift symbolising love or affection
b) A person included to give the appearance of diversity (rather than for genuine inclusion)
What language feature is used in the opening line?
a) Repetition
b) Quoted direct speech
c) Listing
d) Rhetorical Question
d) Rhetorical Question - "I'm always gonna be your black friend, aren't I?"
Bonus point - What language feature is "gonna"?
What language feature is used in the closing line?
a) Comparison
b) Quoted direct speech
c) Triples
d) Rhetorical Question
c) Triples (also called rule of three or a tricolon): "I don't want to be quiet. I don't want to be humble. I don't want to sit down."
Bonus points - In which paragraph are the words quiet & humble used for the first time?
Author - Who wrote and performed this text?
Mayne Wyatt
What is the word 'reppin' slang for? (para 2)
a) repenting
b) repeating
c) representing
c) representing (He’s proud to represent his culture but he also feels frustrated at being reduced to only that identity)
What is the main purpose of including the quoted direct speech?
a) To increase formality
b) To provide humour
c) To add authenticity
d) To entertain the audience
c) To add authenticity (allows the audience to witness the specific words and attitudes the author has encountered so the text is more authentic)
Which word is repeated multiple times on page two to directly address the audience?
"You" eg "I'll tell you right now"
"when you caught me on a bad day"
"I'll give you that angry black you've been asking for"
Context - Where was this text delivered?
Q&A special on racism in Australia (but originally from a play that was performed at theatres around Australia)
Which word is closest in meaning to 'humble' (final paragraph)
a) Modest
b) Humiliated
c) Invisible
d) Proud
a) modest (being down to earth, not showing off)
Find an example of listing on page 1.
"black show, black play"
"the angry one, the tracker, the drinker, the thief"
"not my skin colour, not my race"
"A token. A box to tick, part of some diversity angle"
"My foot? My arm? My leg?"
"we dance and we're good at sport"
Find an example of juxtaposition on this page.
"You can't stand up, you have to sit down"
"no matter how big, how small"
"seeing us as animals, and not as people"
Audience - Who is the intended audience of this text?
Australians – (both First Nations people and non-Indigenous people, especially adults interested in Australian stories and social issues.)
Find a word in the second-to-last paragraph of page 1 that means 'fixing your mistakes and being forgiven or accepted again.'
redemption
Find a phrase (2+ words) that is repeated at least three times on this page.
"I'm always"
Complacency is complicity
How many language features can you find in this statement?
(100 per feature identified - max 400)
Complacency is complicity
Alliteration - 'C'
Cause & Effect
Slogan - Phrased in a short, punchy way that could be chanted at a rally.
Equative statement / metaphor-like statement (x is y)
Emotive language (used to make us reflect on our own inaction & feel responsible or guilty)
Negative connotations
Purpose - Why was this text created?
To express, reflect, and provoke thought about racial discrimination in Australia.
Explain what 'Complacency is complicity' (2nd to last para) means.
Complacency - ignoring things, being inactive
Complicity - being involved in wrongdoing
So.... If you do nothing, you’re part of the problem.
Find examples of colloquial language or slang on this page.
(100 points per correct example - max 500)
* gonna
* reppin'
* Joe Bloggs
* whingeing
* mess up
* take a hit
Rhyme - Silence is violence
Craft a sentence using rhyme to present a view on protest.
(500 points for most insightful rhyme, 400 for second best etc)
eg Make the choice to raise your voice.
When voices stay low, injustice will grow.