Which concept am I?
Notions that a person and/or social group hold as important or of significant worth.
What are values?
The family name of the young girl found dead in the woods.
What is Wishart?
"S--- , Charlie. You got no idea, do you?"
"What? Why?"
"Open your eyes, mate."
"What does that mean? They are open! What are you trying to tell me?"
What is dialogue?
“I feel like I'm underwater.” - Charlie Bucktin
What is a simile?
An outlook or a specific feeling about something. Our values underlie these. These can be expressed by what we say, do and wear.
This well-known classic novel was the inspiration for Jasper Jones and draws many parallels in terms of genre, character and plot.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
"It's horrible. Too horrible for words.
It is a girl.
It is a girl and she is in a dirty cream lace nightdress." - Charlie Bucktin
What is syntax?
"My heart is thumping so hard I feel like it might break my ribs.”
What is hyperbole?
This term has a complex history within literary theory and is often used to distinguish texts on the basis of their subject matter, or form and structure.
What is genre?
This is a well-known description of Jasper Jones, consisting of four key nouns
What is "He's a Thief, a Thug, a Liar, a Truant"?
"Red rat!"
What is connotation?
"The rats are here and they're breedin, mark my words." - Mick
What is metaphor?
The distinct personality discernible in a text. This is constructed through the selection of language features and stylistic features to shape audience response. These can represent perspectives, attitudes and values.
What is voice?
This character once said “I can’t even play cricket without them making fun of me. They say I’m not Australian enough.”
Who is Jeffrey Lu?
"Jasper Jones has a terrible reputation in Corrigan. He's a Thief, a Liar, a Thug, a Truant. He's lazy and unreliable. He's a feral and an orphan, or as good as. He's the rotten model that parents hold aloft as a warning."
What is characterisation?
“The heat clings to my skin like a curse.” - Charlie Bucktin
What is personification?
What is simile.
The environment in which a text is responded to or created. It can include the general social, historical and cultural conditions in which a text is responded to and created.
What is context?
This memorable character once said “This is what happened. And I’ve got to get it out quick, I’ve got to loosen the valve on it and let it go, fizzing and spraying, because it’s too hard, it’s too heavy, it’s too much. I can’t hold on to it for too long because it’ll burn. Do you understand?”
Who is Eliza Wishart?
“The night is quiet. The trees are spindly and tall, their branches like long fingers scratching at the sky. The moon casts a pale light, and everything feels still, suspended.”
What is visual imagery?
“Corrigan is a town whose rhythm is rarely rocked."
What is alliteration?