Into the Unknown: Spec Fiction
Name one other Genre that often falls under the umbrella of Speculative Fiction
Dystopian or Science Fiction
What technique is this?
"liturgies literally leave a literary litany"
Bonus point if you can name the poem it comes from
Alliteration
Please resist me
What part of India were Pi's family travelling from?
Pondicherry
What are the three greek words that are a trio of techniques used often in non fiction
Logos, ethos and pathos
How many iterations of a seating plan did we have in Dem06 this year?
6
The below phrase shift is an example of what desirable quality in creative writing?
Changing:
"I walked on the gravel"
To "The gravel crunched under my feet"
Show Don't Tell
Who was the politician we watched in class that was making racist statements during Musa's upbringing? (And still is now)
Pauline Hanson
Name the animals on the lifeboat and their human counterparts
Richard Parker = Pi
Hyena = Cook
Zebra = Sailor
Orangutan = Pi's Mother
When someone tells a short personal story in non fiction what is it called?
Anecdote
How many lessons this year did we have in A01?
10
What were the two stimuli you could choose from in your Creative Writing Exam?
An image of a dollhouse
What is this technique from a poem (not rhyme)
"It's up to you where you wanna head upto/it is hard, you gonna have to break through/they turnin' up the pressure till it breaks you so break through'
Bonus points for the name of the poem
Direct Address
In Control Baker Boy
List the three faiths Pi subscribes to - in order of his discovery of them
Hinduism, Christianity and Islam
What were the key themes/ideas that we explored in The Happiest Man on Earth? (Name all 3)
Identity and Belonging, Resilience and Friendship
What assessment task had the highest class average?
Task 4 Non Fiction
Name 4 of the main characters from Tomorrow When the War Began
Ellie, Lee, Homer, Corrie, Fiona, Robyn, Kevin, Chris
Name 2 of the nationalities that Omar Musa mentions living near in "Capital Letters"
Czech, Macedonia, Tongan, Malay,
Name one motif that appears throughout the film
Water, the colour orange
What is the technique for when an author asks a rhetoical question and then supplies the answer?
Hypophora
Who has the most points on Dojo?
Bonus if you can get the total number of points
Ben, 44
In this unit, we read a short story called 'The Lottery.' What was the main twist in this story?
The lottery was for who in the town would be stoned to death by the other members of the village each year
Name 4 of the 7 parts of the poem identified when we using the acronym "LPSTARC"
What was the event that happened to make Pi's family leave India. You need the name of the period in history and describe this event.
The Emergency. Description at teacher discretion
What page of the memoir was this quote from?
“We considered ourselves Germans first, Germans second, and then Jewish”
Page 8
How many class points do we have on Dojo total (within 10 points)
852