Section C
Analysing Argument
Analysing Argument
Using language in a way that belittles, diminishes or humiliates someone/a group
Attack
Identify two poems related to the theme of the environment.
Undermining
Prologue and Prologue Response
Hawes-God’s intruder
A New Ode to Westralia
I don’t like flying over
Always Thieves
The great western woodland
Creation marking
What is the genre of this novel?
What are the 4 purposes of writing?
Name at least 3 other Year 12 English teachers other than myself
Mr Wringe, Mr K, Ms Gruer, Ms DeBlank
A story embedded into the piece that illustrates an idea/justifies their contention and belief
Anecdote
Name this poetic technique and the poem title:
"The king brown does not die from its own poison"
Metaphor
Undermining
"I am on the moon" - Merricat
Which theme does this quote relate to?
Reality
Name one possible text type you can write in the exam and what are the features of the text?
Answers vary
Why is a snake difficult to fool?
Because you can’t pull its leg!
Political values that support sustainability and the environment are an example of ________ values
progressive
Name three key themes in the poetry collection
Suggestions:
Personal and cultural consequences of colonialism
Importance of environmentalism
Resilience in the face of colonialism
Current and past grief
The environmental consequences of colonialism and mining
Importance of personal stories
Ignorance of the past
Importance of listening and telling stories
Intergenerational trauma
What are the 4 themes we studied for this unit?
Isolation
Gender expectations
Destructive Power of Societal Judgment
Reality
What text types ARE NOT PERMITTED in the exam?
poem, script, short form writing
From which country do kiwi fruits originate?
Mainland China and Taiwan
Words that carry significant meanings (either positive or negative) that the reader connects to the original word.
Connotative Language
Suggest 3 poems for this prompt:
'Papertalk Green and Kinsella's poetry is highly concerned with the consequences of colonialism.' Discuss.
Answers vary
Suggested:
Undermining
Prologue and Prologue Response
Third Space
Don’t want me to talk
Hawes-God’s intruder
A New Ode to Westralia
I don’t like flying over
Drug slaves
Death stress
Always Thieves
The great western woodland
Creation marking
Grandmothers
Shopping centre carpark
Simple Yarning and Yarn Response
What metalanguage must you include in your essay to analyse the text?
Literary devices
Symbols
Genre features
The framework we are studying is 'Protest'. In the exam, what are the requirements of the task? Describe what the exam 'question' will look like.
Title
3 stimuli provided (at least one image, some quotations)
Write a creative response using the title and responding to at least 1 stimulus
Which place has a larger population? California or Canada?
California ( by around 1million)
Supporting big businesses and harsher punishments for drug use is an example of a _____ political value
Conservative
Which poem is this line from? "It speaks – listen, listen."
Name the author, poem name and technique
John Kinsella, The Great Western Woodlands, repetition (or epizeuxis)
Who said this? "they tell me you're moving away."
Jim Donell
Which mentor text is this quote from? "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"
"Freedom or Death" - Emmeline Pankhurst
How many episodes are there of Law and Order (the original)?
488