TLM
Metalanguage and Devices
7SOG
Context
Language Skillz
100

Who is "Miss L."?

Lydia

100

What is one word to describe the structure of TLM?

Nonlinear, polyvocal, etc.

100

What are the playwright's full names?

Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch

100

What year did the reconciliation walks occur (that are seen in 'Walking Across Bridges')?

2000
100

What is an adverb?

A word that describes a verb/how something is done. (It adds to a verb - get it?)

200

Spell the name of the author of TLM.

D'Aguiar

200

Give one example of symbolism in 7SOG.

Suitcase

200

Finish the quote: "Told not to speak...

...not to dance."

200

What years is the Virginian published in?

1809-1810

200

What does the word juxtaposition mean?

When two things are placed close together to have a contrasting effect.

300

What is the opening line of 'Remembering'?

"The future is just more of the past waiting to happen."

300

What is the term for the Everywoman's speeches?

Monologue


300

What song does the Everywoman sing at the end of 'Nana's Story'?

Delta Dawn

300

What American state is TLM set in?

Virginia

300

What is wrong with the below sentence.

In 'The Longest Memory' and '7 Stages of Grieving' the cultural identity of marginalised groups is often suppressed by those in power. 

'THE 7 Stages of Grieving'

400

Finish the quote: "What began as a single thread has, over generations...

...woven itself into a prodigious carpet that cannot be unwoven."

400

What is the style/form of Chapel's poem?

Couplets (with broken/interrupted rhymes)

400

What visuals are we presented with in the opening scene?

"A block of ice suspended by 7 strong ropes" melting, dripping, freshly turned grave of red eartch. Powder - black framed by a scrape of white.

400

What is an abolitionist? 

Someone who wants to abolish (ban) slavery.

400

Name 4 comparative adverbs.

Similarly, Likewise, Comparably, Furthermore, Moreover, Correspondingly, Additionally,

500

Finish the quote: "The whip ate into him...

...but like all gluttons who had gorged themselves, it bit and chewed without swallowing and simply bit and chewed some more."

500

Give an example of a motif in TLM.

Names

500

Finish the quote: "The ambulance got there and they had to...

...pump needles in to him, they were pounding his chest and giving him mouth to mouth."

500

What are the 7 stages of Aboriginal history in Australia?

Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Assimilation, Self-Determination, Reconciliation.

500

Which word(s) is a preposition in this sentence.

In D'Aguiar's polyvocal novella, the references to the abolitionist movement indicate that those on the Whitechapel Plantation are behind the times.

In, to, of, on, behind.

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