Rubric
What is the Rubric name for the Common Module?
Texts and Human experiences
What are the brothers' names?
Joe miles harry
Where is this quote from?
‘Out past the shallows, past the sandy bottomed bays, comes the dark water – black and cold and roaring.’
the epigraph
What state is it located in?
tasmania
What does Steven Curren do for a living?
Catch abalone
What are 3 of the major rubric terms?
Inconsistencies. Anomalies. Paradoxes
What is the protagonist's family last name?
Curren
What is the technique?
"Sometimes I don't remember...sometimes I can't remember Mum."
- Anaphora
- First Person
Which setting would best display familial disconnection and dysfunction?
The Curren House
What is the ocean known for in the novel?
Its multifaceted nature
Name 2 themes from past the shallows?
Teacher Discretion
Who died in the car crash?
The mum and uncle (dads brother)
What is the technique?
“Miles knew the water. He could feel it, and he knew not to trust it”
foreshadowing
What does Harry do when his brothers are surfing? You must also name what he is required to find.
Treasure hunt on the sand dunes
Shark Egg,
What is the structure of PTS?
Cyclical Narrative Structure. (Episodic may also be accepted).
What is the most consistently occurring extended metaphor throughout the novel?
The ocean
Who left home at the start of the novel?
Joe
What is this technique?
“What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do?” And he heard her voice rise up, familiar tears. “I grew up in that House, Miles. Don’t I deserve something?”
Repetition
Tricolon
Rhetorical question
When is the novel set?
1980s
What perspective is the novel written in?
- 3rd person limited omniscient
Describe an example of Anomalies/paradoxes in the novel
Dads anger
Loss of innocence
Aunty jeans character
Other people in the town noticing the abuse
Where does miles work?
With dad on the boat
What is the technique in this quote?
“Joe made a sound but he wasn’t really listening. He was somewhere else, maybe still out there in the water with Miles”
Symbolism
Imagery
Juxtaposition
Memory, connection/disconnection, grief
Why does Aunty Jean keep an unopened box within her house/ what's in it?
Baby clothes - we can infer that she has experienced the loss of a child.
Provide 3 quotes that demonstrate the theme of hope
Teacher's discretion