Name this language feature
Figurative language that compares using LIKE or AS
What is a simile?
I have a heart
Raquel
gaunt, sun browned skin
the Drover's wife
Let no one say the past is dead
What is the Past
what is a persuasive text?
A text that persuades the reader of your point of view.
Life is a highway and I'm gonna ride it all night long.
What is a metaphor?
They've got everything there. Totally refurbished. Painted. Air conditioning. Flat screen tv's.
Raye - It shows the difference in lifestyles that air-con and flat screen tv's seem to be more important to Raye compared to freedom.
unionism is stronger than creed. Liquor however is stronger than unionism
The Union Buries Its Dead
Like my Rainbow Serpent groaning her way through ancient rocks
China...Woman
What type of text is How to Live Before You Die?
Speech
Giving inanimate objects human qualities.
What is personification?
...all this generosity that the Australian government hands them on a ________ __________.
...all this generosity that the Australian government hand them on a golden platter.
Think about how this statement is a paradox.
which story best describes the Aussie Larrikin?
Shooting the Moon or Our Pipes
a thousand thousand campfires in the forest are in my blood
The Past
Author of : Dear Mrs Dunkley
Helen Garner
Used at the start of a discursive text to hook the reader/listener but not really asking you to share your answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The ones that come by boat are probably more desperate, have less choices.
Gleny
Which story focuses on resilience in the outback?
The Drover's Wife
My Rainbow Serpent. My Earth Mother
Redd Flute Cave
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Comparison is written by __________ in it she is comparing being a _______ with being a ________
Sylvia Plath, Novelist, Poet
It's purpose is to mimic the sound that it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
in the raid scene of Episode 2:
a) what kind of camera shots are used
b) who are they focused on?
in the raid scene of Episode 2, close ups are seen of the various mothers and their children, accompanied by Gleny’s words about their plight. The focus on these innocent individuals encourages the audience to feel sympathetic towards their situation.
Which stories reveal the Aussie culture of drinking?
The Union Buries Its Dead, Shooting the Moon
The Earth Mother/ Nursed Her son,/ Until/ By chance,/ A pick and shovel/ Revealed his secret
Entombed warriors
what is a DISCURSIVE text?
Like an essay, it is less formal and more conversational. It presents an opinion but is not biased or deliberately persuasive.