Merchant of Venice
'In sooth I know not why I am so sad'
What were Antonio's opening lines?
Setsuko
who is Ono's daughter?
A fanciful metaphor in which two unlikely and disparate things are compared together.
what is a conceit?
Protagonist of Wit
who is Vivian Bearing
Texts whose primary focus is to explore an idea or variety of topics. These texts involve the discussion of an idea(s) or opinion(s) without the direct intention of persuading the reader, listener or viewer to adopt any single point of view.
What is discursive writing?
This is what I want if the deal is broken
what is a pound of flesh?
Who is Ichiro
In this poem, Donne tone is arrogant and bombastic.
What is 'the Sunne Rising"
Edson uses an object to reveal Bearing's rejection of intellectual superiority and embrace of human connection.
What is a Popsicle with two sticks?
Set texts for Craft of Writing
what is A Home in Fiction by Geraldine Brooks; Eulogy for Gough Whitlam by Noel Pearson; The Lady of Shallot Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
My daughter, oh my ducats, oh my daughter! Ran off with a Christian! Oh my Christian ducats!
Who is Solanio, Act II, scene 8
Ono's narration 'fine cedar gateway, elegant tiles, stylishly carved ridgepole, you may find yourself wondering what sort of wealthy man owns it' Reveals this distinctive feature
What is unreliable narrator?
Each sonnet has a shift in tone
what is a Volta?
Donne's poetry is inadequate in comforting modern audiences in the face of death.
What is secular humanism?
Key features used in Discursive style writing
what is an anecdote, conversational/intelligent tone, extended metaphor, motif, Quote
This important dramatic feature is utilised throughout the Courtroom scene.
What is dramatic irony?
This statement 'Artists must learn to value something more tangible than those pleasurable things that disappear with morning light' reveals an important theme or idea.
What is the role of the artist win society?
Death be not proud uses a poetic device to mock death.
what is anthropomorphises or personification of death.
Edson reveals Vivian's gradual change over the course of the play
what is the shifting language, from formal and confident to fearful and dependant.
The lady of Shallot explores three key themes
what is female oppression and identity; artistic identitie and isolation from the world.
This is what is suggested about Morocco's character by the casket he chose
What is valuing outer beauty and not Portia's true self?
The use of Tangential thought associations, vagaries of memory and intermittent flash backs, reveals this influence.
what is post modernism.
Donne's Wit and fear of death are revealed through a lanuage features in If Posynous Minerals
What is Rhetorical Question?
It is not Wit, Miss Bearing, It is truth. Reveals Vivian's mistake.
What is She has missed the point of life and the truth about what is important which will enable her to face death.
Apart from all of this, what did this Roman ever do for us?
What is the textual allusion used by Noel Pearson to sum up Gough Whitlam's legacy