Who Am I?
I slaughtered a lamb for my family
JIM
Which of these words is not from the Module Descriptor
represent, qualities, shape, anomolies, poetry, reflect
Poetry
Finish the phrase from the Module Descriptor:
Language can be used to affirm....
ignore, reveal, challenge or disrupt prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals and cultural groups.
List the distinictive qualities utilised by Anderson
POV
Unreliable Narrator
Sci Fi Setting
Vernacular/neologisms
Stylistic/structual
Irony/Satire
What is the purpose of Module C?
Students appreciate, examine and analyse at least two challenging short prescribed texts as well as texts from their own wide reading, as models and stimulus for the development of their own ideas and written expression. They examine how writers of complex texts use language creatively and imaginatively for a range of purposes, to describe the world around them, evoke emotion, shape a perspective or to share a vision.
I was tied down by my anguish
Gulliver
TRUE or FALSE: The below concepts are all related to texts written in the Modernistic era
Experimentation, Subjectivity, Ambiguity, Fragmentation, Social and Cultural Critique, Innovation in Language, Exploration of Time and Memory
TRUE
What was Rachel Perkins' main concern when directing her film ONTM?
The social and political rights of First Nations peoples in contemporary Australia
What does it mean to study a 'substantial text?'
Consider key themes and ideas
Read more than once to create a deep knowledge of your text’s ideas, construction and characteristics that makes it significant.
What are the text types of the two texts we studied?
Prose Fiction and Discursive
My skin is cut but trendy
Quendy
List AT LEAST 3 key ideas explored by Slessor in his poetry
Life and death
Time
Love
Punishment
War and remembrance
Finish the lyrics to the THREE lines below that are missing in "This Land is Mine; This Land is Me"
This land is mine
All the way...
Every break of day
I'm workin' hard ...
This land is mine
Yeah, I ...
This land is mine
All the way to the old fence line
Every break of day
I'm workin' hard just to make it pay
This land is mine
Yeah, I signed on the dotted line
Consumerism on humanity and the environment
Apathy
Resistance
Class
What does the story 'Dreamers' focus on? Name characters and main plot points
Jean, Aboriginal workers, helps raise colonisers baby Eric, during the 1967 referrendum in a ciclicle structure, focusing on tension between Aboriginal and Non Aboriginal peoples, alludes to a potential animal/wildlife/the land taking the son away
I was affected by my husband's alcoholism
Mrs Dunkley
List ALL the titles of Kenneth Slessor's poetry we studied in class
Wild Grapes
Out of Time
Gulliver
William Street
Beach Burial
Vesper Song of the Reveran Samual Marsden
What is the symbolism of the moon in the film? Explain using analytical language
Symbolizes the passage of time. Its phases and cycles evoke the sense of time slipping away during the search for Emily, heightening the urgency and tension in the narrative through desperation: As the moon appears throughout the night, it marks the passing hours of the search. The longer the child remains lost, the more desperate the parents become. The moon’s constant presence serves as a reminder of time moving forward, while hope diminishes.
True or False:
Anderson spent months reading Teen Vogue magazines so that he could convincingly write a teenaged voice.
TRUE
Who is Helen Garner?
An Australian feminist author most known for non-fiction essays
Miss Hartcher
List 5 visual techniques you could use in a short answer response to an image
Colour
Gaze
Framing
Salince
Vector
Foreground/background
Symbolism
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Everyone in the group must quote Titus or Violet
:)
List characteristics of a discursive piece
POV
Anecdote
Exploration through many angles
Humour
Figurative language
Tone
Statistics and facts/quotes