Rubric
What is the name of Module A
Language, Culture & Identity
Who is the poet of 'Inside My Mother'?
Ali Cobby Eckermann
What is the extended metaphor throughout 'Eyes'
The eyes
What poem is named after a sacred Aboriginal location?
“In her mind, she observes both the hardness of the trunks and the softness of bark”
What are the two techniques in the quote above?
Juxtaposition and personification
What is the prescribed text?
Ali Cobby Eckermann's anthology 'Inside My Mother'
In what poem does the grandma appear?
'Key'
In 'Oombulgarri', what history is alluded to throughout the poem(e.g. paddy wagons, blue pattern dresses")?
Refers to the traumatic and eventful history of the town.
Paddy wagons = police patrols
Blue pattern dresses = Famous Aboriginal women dresses)
What plant holds significance in the poem ‘Trance’?
Correct spelling or loss of 3 times point
Pituri
What is the background of the poet?
Aboriginal & German
Language has the power to both r___ and s___ i___ and c____ i___
Language has the power to both REFLECT and SHAPE INDIVIDUAL and COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
What is the dynamic between the granddaughter and the grandma in the poem 'Key'?
Grandma has passed away and the granddaughter is going back through the house and her memories
In “Trance”, finish this quote and provide the metaphor evident.
“Heat is the ____ of the ________, the yellow ____ of the sun.”
Heat is the LOVE of the CAMPFIRE, the yellow KISS of the sun.
Metaphors of heat - being as nurturing as the sun, as warm as the sun, to be as warm as love
What is used to signify the personas dad in ‘Leaves'?
Tree
How did Ali Cobby Eckermann explore the idea of tragedies of Aboriginal history and culture in the quote below? (Mention at least one techniques and reason on the point)
The cultural allusion of boomerangs showcases the idea of coming back and fighting back from the tragedies of aboriginal history. Further emphasized by the auditory imagery of “rattle” showcasing the scars from tragedies in aboriginal history.
What poems did Ali Cobby Eckermann examine the issues about the perspective and assumptions of Aboriginal history and culture?
List at least 2 and give a reason with at least 2 quotes each
The two characters are A.C.E and her father. Their relation is them reuniting after a long time
Ali Cobby Eckermann appears to link all her poems in pairs under the same idea.
a. Name all the poem pairs
b. What idea is shared between them
Trance/Leaves - talk about loved ones and connection to land
Unearth/Eyes - Activism and protest against abuse
Oombulgarri/Keys - Reminiscent of places of significance
Explain in this quote how Ali Cobby Eckermann expresses her cultural relationship with the land within this quote?
“Branchs uplift his bark-bound body”
She uses personification the branches to characterise the trees as their own individuals uplifting their partner spiritually. Incorporates and personifies the trees as an integral part of the nature and her spirituality
How does Ali Cobby Eckermann express her cultural identity through pituri? Give a quote and how
She floats in a pituri haze”
She makes a cultural allusion to the idea and use of the pituri leaves, a fundamental item to allow spiritual connection with the land
what does "students consider how their responses to written, spoken, audio and visual texts can shape their self-perception" mean?
There is a focus on the different ways in which identity can exist, both individually and as a community. The focus on the language, in these pieces represent individuals in the community and how they are seen
Why does A.C.E portray her father as a tree in the poem ‘Leaves’?
It represents the father she never met as well as the identity of the wider indigenous community.
In light of the common module,
a. Identify the prominent module point within the following quote and
b. Relay the meaning of the technique/module point applied.
“In the future the petition will be everlasting… even when the language is changed”
a. Paradoxes, Anomalies and Inconsistencies
b. Paradox - It is paradoxical and illogical to pursue a protest that is not understandable, which reflects the powerful will of the Aboriginal community to fight for equality and make their voice heard no matter what.
What is the significance of the poem “Unearth” and how does it relate to aboriginal peoples past trauma?
“dig up the past” shows how she want people to explore aboriginal pasts and acknowledge the truths about their land being taken over.
A.C.E utilises human experiences frequently throughout her poems to reflect her individual and collective experience. Both individual and shared experiences build her identity. However, she still ensures that all her experiences are unique to her, even shared experiences. How does she do this throughout her collection of poems?
Eyes - She uses eyes as a stand alone poems to relay her shared and individual experience of domestic violence, contrasting to the aboriginal poems to provide her collective identity experiences.
Keys - a more personalised and detailed story unique to her with shared themes and items to the aboriginal community.