Poetic Devices
When punctuation is used at the end of a line of poetry, what do we call that device?
End-Stopping
What language feature compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'
Simile
What is the name for a stanza with three lines?
Tercet
Who wrote the famous novel, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
In what century did the first fleet come to Australia?
1788 (Eighteenth Century)
When punctuation is used in the middle of a line of poetry, what do we call that device?
Caesura
What language feature is used to make the very sound it describes
Onomatopoeia
Rather than 'paragraph' what is the phrase that poets use for a chunk of text?
stanza
Who wrote the famous series "The Lord of the Rings"?
J.R.R Tolkien
Approximately how many native language groups (to the nearest hundred) were in Australia prior to colonisation?
500
When a line ends with no punctuation and continues onto the next line, what do we label the line?
Enjambed
Name the language feature used in this line from Annabel Lee:
"With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven coveted"
Hyperbole/Allusion
In analytical writing, what is the name used for a single sentence (usually at the end of the introduction) which summarises the argument being made?
Thesis
Who wrote the famous "Harry Potter" series?
J.K Rowling
Translate the Gubi Gubi phrase: Wunya Ngulum
Welcome Everyone
Identify the poetic punctuation in these lines from 'Sympathy' by Paul Dunbar:
"And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting—"
Caesura, Enjambment, End-Stopping
Name the language feature used in this line from Sympathy:
"When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass"
Alliteration/Imagery
What is the name for a stanza with 7 lines?
Septet
Who wrote "The Hunger Games" trology?
Suzanne Collins
To the nearest 10%, what percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islanders were killed in the first 100 years of colonisation
90%
Identify the poetic punctuation in these lines from 'Sympathy' by Paul Dunbar:
"And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea"
Enjambment
Name the language feature in this line from Sympathy by Paul Dunbar:
"When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—"
Metaphor
How many books are in the Bible?
66
Who wrote the English classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream?
William Shakespeare
What is the name the 3256km fence in Western Australia that we will be studying this unit?
The Rabbit Proof Fence