Black Cockatoo
Language Features
Mia and Jy
Visual Features/General Questions
Text structures
100

What is Mia's totem animal? 

Black Cockatoo

100

Name 3 language feature? 

Alliteration 

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Emotive Language 


100
Name 2 things that Mia values

- totem animals

- Respecting her elders 

100

Name one element of Visual Features 

Colour, placement or symbolism 

100

Name two text structures 

Cause and effect 

Foreshadowing 

200

Name one of the authors of Black Cockatoo

(First name is acceptable) 

Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler 

200

What is an Oxymoron?

Two opposites used in one sentence 

200
Name one thing Jy values 

-friends 


200

Give an example of a page that colour was used effectively

Pag 14. 

200

Give an example of foreshadowing 

Python in the cage 

300

What does Jaja mean? 

Grandmother/Granddaughter 

300

Give an example of emotive language in Black Cockatoo 

- When Mia was discussing  the relationship she use to have with Jy 

300

Why do you think Mia and Jy use to be close?

Apart of their culture

- grew up respecting each other and their family 

300

How many Pictures are in Black Cockatoo? 

11

300

Give an example of cause and effect 

Black cockatoo hit and injured 

400

Why did the grandparents/cousins want Jy to go out to the country?

- Connect with his culture again 

400

"We don't just kill for the fun of it" 


Why do First Nations People not believe in hunting for fun? 

- respect and care for their country 

400

Who is Katherine? 

Mia's mother 

400

What does Kinship mean? 

Describes a person's responsibilities towards other people, the land and natural resources. 

500

What is an example of a negative thesis? 

Through the analysis of the language features, visual features and text structures this essay will unpack Black Cockaktoo and it's protrayl of a complex family dynamic. 

500

What is personification?

Give non-living things living qualities 

500
Who was the one who said "She can't keep him."  Referring to keeping the Black Cockatoo. 

Katherine 

500

What should be included in your link sentence?

Evaluative Language