Remnants
The Pedestrian
The Rabbits
Literary Techniques
General Knowledge
100

What central issue is explored in the narrator's description of daily life?

Environmental collapse

100

What unusual activity is Leonard Mead performing?

Walking

100

The Rabbits is an example of an...?

Allegory

Allegorical picture book

100

When a text uses characters, events, or settings to represent broader historical, political, or moral ideas, this technique is called...?

Allegory

100

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Pacific

200

Why are the “stories from the mouths of old ones” significant in the text

They preserve fragments of a lost world

200

Why does the police car stop Leonard Mead?

His behaviour does not fit expected social norms

200

This quote is an example of:

But some of the food made us sick. And some of the animals scared us.

Euphemism

200

Which technique describes placing two contrasting ideas, images, or characters side by side to highlight differences?

Juxtaposition

200

What part of the cell controls its activities and contains genetic material?

Nucleus

300

What does the description of “tasteless” Chlorophyll most strongly suggest?

Survival has become artificial and joyless

300

Bradbury repeatedly describes houses as dark with flickering television screens inside. What does this imagery suggest about society?

Technology has replaced human connection

300

How are the rabbits initially presented?

Curious

Harmless

300

"She savoured the silence while shaking the snow from her scarf..." is an example of?

Sibilance

300

The Industrial Revolution began in which country?

Britain

400

What structural choice is used in Remnants?

Vignettes or flashbacks

400

What does Mead's obsolete profession as a writer suggest?

Creativity is no longer valued

400

Where is the rich, dark earth, brown and moist? Where is the smell of rain...? Where are the great billabongs...?

List three features here.

Anaphora

Epiplexis

Imagery

400

A recurring image, idea, or symbol that develops a central idea across a text is called a

Motif
400

Which document formally ended World War I?

Treaty of Versailles

500

What is the effect of the narrator’s nostalgia for the past?

It emphasises the emotional and cultural loss in the present

500

The automated police car in “The Pedestrian” most strongly symbolises:

Loss of empathy

technological advancement

500

Why does Shaun Tan use an allegory?

To universalise the message and encourage reader reflection

500

When the environment or weather reflects the emotional state or mood of a text, this technique is known as:

Pathetic Fallacy

500

Which invention is most closely associated with the rapid spread of ideas during the Renaissance?

The Printing Press

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