Monologues
What does the prefix "mono" mean?
One
What type of animal is an Irukandji?
A jellyfish.
What is the name of Evie's art teacher?
Roughly what is the population of Cairns?
175,000 people.
What FOUR things do you need for a narrative?
Character, Setting, Theme and Plot.
What does the suffix "logue" mean?
To talk.
What country do budgerigars come from?
Australia!
What does Evie have growing at the back of her head?
A knot / dreadlock.
Why is Cairns named Cairns?
Cairns was named after the State Governor of the day, Sir William Wellington Cairns.
What is another word for a narrative?
A story.
What is a stage direction?
Stage directions are instructions in a play that guide actors and production staff on how to perform a scene.
What is the full name of a Curlew?
Bush Stone Curlew.
Who was the "incident" that happened to Evie at school?
She was drawing a picture for a classmate, Antonia Cipri, when the spirits took over and made Evie draw Antonia's dead brother.
When was the Cairns-Kuranda Railway constructed?
a) The 1700s
b) The 1800s
c) The 1900s
d) The 2000s
b) The 1800s
What is a symbol?
A symbol is an item or phenomenon in a text that represents something else (normally a more abstract concept).
What is an indent?
The star (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text.
Which of these do not live in Cairns: Green Tree Snake, Metallic Starling, or Eastern Grey Kangaroo?
Eastern Grey Kangaroo.
Who is Victoria Gaunt?
Victoria Gaunt is Evie's grandmother's closest friend. Victoria is also a psychic.
When Europeans landed in Cooktown in 1770, what did they see for the first time ever?
A kangaroo.
Young adult / mystery.
What needs to be capitalised in a monologue?
Character's names.
How many types of crocodile are native to Australia?
Two: The Saltwater (or Estuarine) Crocodile and the Freshwater Crocodile.
What is the name of Evie's Dad's best mate?
Theo.
Six of the world's seven ______ are found in the Great Barrier Reef?
Sea turtles.
I ran fast to the huge shops.
Identify the pronoun, the noun, the verb, the adjective, and the adverb.
Pronoun:I
Noun: Shops
Verb: Ran
Adjective: Huge
Adverb: Fast