Cinquains
How many lines are in a cinquain?
Five.
Name the five senses.
Touch, sight, taste, smell, and sound.
What emotions do "warm" colours such as yellow, red, and orange suggest?
Happiness, anger, or excitement - generally intense emotions. It can also suggest excitement or chaos.
Which two words can help you make a simile?
"Like" or "As".
What is an Indigenous poet, and what is a Colonialist poet?
Indigenous poets are poets who are members of the First Nations peoples. They have a history extending beyond tens of thousands of years as the original custodians of the lands of Australia.
Colonialist poets arrived to Australia during the European invasion. They were convicts who were sent to Australia as punishment, businessmen who wanted to claim some of the land's resources, and explorers who wanted to leave their European lives behind them.
What is contained in the final line of a cinquain?
A single noun, two syllables, that describes the subject of the poem.
Write a sentence about smoke using two of the five senses on the whiteboard. Underline the parts that use the senses and name which they are.
In visual art, what does “perspective” help an artist practically show in a drawing?
A. The emotions of the artist
B. How objects look smaller when they are farther away
C. The colors used in the artwork
D. The texture of surfaces
B. How objects look smaller when they are farther away
Which is a "stronger" comparison out of simile and metaphor, and why?
Metaphors are stronger. Similes say that one thing is LIKE another thing, metaphors say that one thing is the exact SAME as another thing.
In Indigenous artwork and poetry, what is the main focus:
A. Realism
B. Symbolic representation
C. Showing that it is Indigenous
D. Making art that will sell well
B. Symbolic representation - these artists enjoy adding a spiritual dimension to their work.
What does the third line of a cinquain contain?
Three "-ing" verbs, for example "rushing", "dancing", "screaming".
What is the difference between imagery and sensory imagery in poems?
Imagery is highly descriptive language that puts "images" in our heads, allowing us to clearly picture the scenario as if we were there.
Sensory imagery is a type of imagery that uses the five senses and makes us feel as though we are experiencing the sensations ourselves.
What sort of mood do sharp, angular, geometric shapes suggest?
A negative or intense mood - anger, fear, intimidation, danger.
What technique do animal noises like "woof", "meow", or "moo" fall into?
A. Sesquipedalia
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
D. Juxtaposition
B. Onomatopoeia - this is the technique of imitating sounds in words, such as "bang", "crash", "pow". "Meow" isn't actually a word, it's just how we describe the sound that a cat makes.
In colonial poetry, the bush is commonly depicted as a symbol of what?
Freedom
How many syllables are in a cinquain TOTAL?
22 total - two for the title, four for the adjectives, 6 for the verbs, 8 for the phrase, and two for the conclusion.
What two types of sensory imagery are present in this sentence?
"A wave of spice immediately hit me, smoke stinging my face and drying my mouth, as I breathed in the crunch of the meat on the fire."
Taste and smell.
Imagine a poster where a character at the front is drawn much bigger and brighter than the buildings behind them. The buildings are smaller and lighter. Which techniques are being used to show that the character is more important and closer to us?
A. Shape and pattern
B. Line and shading
C. Colour and texture
D. Perspective and salience
D. Perspective and salience. Colours and shapes are used, but not directly to show importance or closeness.
Define "juxtaposition".
Comparison of two things that are greatly different in some way - for example, a tall person next to a small one, a colourful object next to a dull one, a rich man next to a poor one.
How are the connections Indigenous people feel towards the land different to the way the Colonialists felt about the land?
Indigenous people feel a deep spiritual connection to the land - the land does not belong to them, THEY belong to the land. It needs to be protected.
Colonialist belief is closer to today's widespread ideas of land ownership - YOU own the land once it is purchased, and it is your business what happens to it.
Find the error in this cinquain:
Dragon
Fiery Warden
Swirling, Blazing, Crashing
Smoke rippling hot, blazing, shrieks alight
Sacred
Line four has way too many words and syllables! It should have four words and eight syllables only.
Name the five types of sensory imagery (hint - it's not just the names of the five senses!)
Tactile (touch) imagery
Olfactory (smell) imagery
Gustatory (taste) imagery
Visual (sight) imagery
Auditory (sound) imagery
Draw an example of strong salience on the whiteboard. Point out where your salience is.
You earn the points if your example features a prominent focal point that is designed to attract the viewer's attention to it first above all else.
Define the poetic techniques of "sibilance" and "connotation".
Sibilance - repetition of hissing sounds, usually by alliterating the letter "s". This can also be done with "z", "sh", "ch", and "zh" sounds.
Connotation - words that suggest something about a topic, usually bad or good, or that reference something else. "An old run-down shack" is an example of negative connotation.
Which Australian poet wrote "Clancy of the Overflow"?
Banjo Paterson