Language Techniques
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This poet wrote 'New Accents'.
Ouyang Yu
"A drone as deep as unexcavated ruins"
Simile
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
I belong at the beginning of every introduction.
A thesis.
The repetition of consonant sounds between nearby words.
What is alliteration?
This poem explores the importance of storytelling in continuing culture.
This is Where it Begins.
"I’ll follow the smell of food: fried ikan bilis, roast lamb, mangoes;"
Olfactory imagery
Complete this line from Dirty Harry: "You've got to ask yourself one question: ____"
Do you feel lucky?
The set of circumstances, background information that helps explain and give full meaning to a text.
Context
A word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases
What is anaphora?
This poem uses the idea of breathing to explore cultural and linguistic identity.
Circular Breathing
"do I to it belong?"
Syntactical inversion.
Which artist painted "The Starry Night"?
Vincent Van Gogh
Verbs that indicate critical thinking
Analytical verbs.
A literary device that reference Biblical events and concepts
What is biblical allusion?
This recurring motif in Translucent Jade includes "sang", "silence", "heard stories" and "vibrations"
What is sound?
"As if they were crime-mi-nal"
Phonetic spelling
Which river, part of the longest river system on the continent, forms the natural border between the states of Victoria and New South Wales?
The Murray River
a smaller supporting statement or secondary argument that helps prove a main thesis
A sub thesis
The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.
What is enjambment?
A population dispersed across multiple regions outside its geographic place of origin
What is diaspora?
"running my fingers over two stone tablets."
Biblical allusion
What’s the only vegetable that is also classified as a flower?
Broccoli
I complete practice papers in my own time so that I can strengthen my essay writing skills.
Bigham's Year 12 Standard English Class