Poetry
Poetic Techniques
Dystopia
General Trivia
100

Who wrote the poem "We Are Going"?

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

100

The repetition of a word or phrase for effect is called what?

Repetition

100

A dystopian story usually describes a world that is...

Bad/unpleasant 

100

The capital city of Australia.

Canberra

200

Oodgeroo Noonuccal often wrote about the loss of what?

Land/Country
200

Comparing one thing to another using “like” or “as.”

Simile

200

What is one common feature of a dystopian society?

Control, surveillance, propaganda 
200

The world’s largest coral reef system found in Australia.

Great Barrier Reef

300

What is the main feeling in the poem "We Are Going"?

Sadness (loss)

300

Giving human qualities to something non-human, like land or trees.

Personification

300

In dystopian stories, characters often fight against what?

Oppression or authority 

300

Which Australian city hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics?

Melbourne

400

Oodgeroo Noonuccal used poetry to share stories about who?

First Nations Australians 

400

Words that sound like their meaning, like “buzz.”

Onomatopoeia

400

Dystopian worlds often contain what kind of government?

Dictatorship or authoritarian 

400

Name the Australian actor who played “Wolverine” in the X-Men films.

Hugh Jackman

500

Which theme is important in Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poetry?

Dispossession

500

The placement of two things side-by-side in order to reveal a contrast.

Juxtaposition

500

True or False: Dystopian stories often warn readers about real issues.

True

500

Which Australian author wrote the popular book “Tomorrow, When the War Began”?

John Marsden