Grammar
A type of word, commonly called "doing" or "action" words.
What is a verb?
Persuasive technique where a word or phrase is repeated.
What are character, plot, and setting?
Ned Kelly's father's nickname. (Bonus points if you can recall his first name too.)
Who was John "Red" Kelly?
Poem "paragraphs" are called this.
What is a stanza?
A type of tense (like watched, ate, thanked, yesterday) communicating events that have already happened.
What is past tense?
Language used to persuade someone that something is obvious or definite - having an extremely high degree of certainty.
What is high modality language?
Personality, relationships, appearance, and dialogue are just some of the ways this narrative element can be analysed.
What is character/characterisation?
The location of the Kelly Gang's final stand against the police.
What is Glenrowan Inn?
Edwin Pratt uses this poetic device in 'The Shark' when he writes:
"His fin,
Like a piece of sheet-iron..."
What is a simile?
Bonus points if you can clearly explain why it's a simile and the meaning being created.
The punctuation mark that can separate two independent clauses in a sentence.
"Did you know half of the plastic we produce is designed to be used just once and then carelessly chucked away? I believe this is truly wasteful. And because plastic takes over 400 years to break down, it stays in the natural world, causing horrific damage - damage that is absolutely long lasting."
Identify at least three different persuasive techniques in this passage.
Possible answers: emotive language, statistic, opinion, rhetorical question, high modality language, repetition.
What is exposition?
What Ned Kelly and his gang used to create their armour. (Bonus points if you can remember approximately how heavy the armour was.)
Iron from farming equipment (ploughs). Approximately 44-45kg.
This poetic element can often be understood by exploring the setting of the poem, the tone of the poet, as well as specific words too.
What is mood?
A type of sentence that ends in an exclamation point.
What a "conclusion" is called in persuasive writing. Bonus points if you can explain its purpose.
A call-to-action. Here is where you tell the audience what they should do, transforming them from listeners or readers into people who can create change.
These are the six different stages of a narrative plot (five is also acceptable).
What is the exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
The Kelly Gang was made of these four men. (Bonus points if you can remember what their name was before they became the Kelly Gang).
Who were Joe Byrne, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart, and of course Ned Kelly? (They called themselves the Greta Mob at first.)
"She needs to feed the sheep,
before they all fall fast asleep," is an example of this specific type of rhyme.
What is assonance?
Bonus points if you can explain it.
According to Writer's Toolbox, this type of sentence usually begins with an 'ly' word. BONUS: What punctuation mark follows the first word?
What is an 'Adverb Start' sentence?
The acronym we learned to help remember persuasive techniques. You will score additional points for every technique you fully recall too.
What is 'AFOREST'?
Alliteration, Facts, Opinions, Repetition/Rhetorical Question, Emotive Language, Statistics, Tripling or Rule of Three.
The following passage is an example of this narrative element:
"Ben took a bite from a microwaved jam doughnut... The floor around him was littered with clothes, shoes, a game console, two controllers, a bike wheel with no tyre, a skateboard deck, schoolbooks, soccer boots, a jumbo-size packet of chips and plates from long-forgotten afternoon snacks. Ben’s favourite place. It was dark with the curtains closed, the only light coming from two lamps trained on the stop-motion set on his desk."
What is setting?
Note: I will accept other answers if you can justify them.
Provide two clear reasons as to why Ned Kelly was either a hero or a villain. Support your claim with suitable detail and explanation.
Answer must be judged.
You will be given a poem. You are to annotate (identify and label) as many different poetic devices as you can within two minutes.
Answer to be judged.