Common Module: Texts and Human Experience
Identify TWO key structural features of the novel PTS.
Cyclical/circular narrative structure, non-linear structure, flashbacks, multiple character perspectives, use of language changes to reflect childishness/maturity.
List one example of costuming used in, 'The Castle' that can be used as an indication of social class?
Darryl Kerrigan's red flannelette shirt and ugg boots
Darryl's paint-splattered work jumpsuit.
Sal's 'sloppy joe' (casual, loose, non-woollen sweaters).
As a poet, Gray is most notable for his keen visual imagery and intensely observed landscapes, known as a very skillful i_____.
Imagist.
In Module C: The Craft of Writing, you have studied TWO prescribed texts.
Give the name, form and author for both.
Dear Mrs Dunkley, discursive letter, Helen Garner.
What is the novel PTS set?
Bruny Island, Tasmania
A key element of the film's humour is the repetition of catchphrases. List THREE repeated catchphrases said throughout the film.
'Tell 'em they're dreamin';
'That's going straight to the pool room';
'Suffer in your jocks';
'Get your hand off it, Darryl';
'Ah, the serenity';
'Ah... it's just the vibe'.
Which poem is this quote taken from?
A labourer hoists an unidentifiable mulch
on his fork, throws it in the flame:
something flaps
like the rag held up in ‘The Raft of the Medusa’.
Flames and Dangling Wire
"Dear Mrs Dunkley. You're long gone, and I'm nearly seventy. But, oh, I wish you weren't dead."
What language technique is made prominent by the use of contractions and the interjection 'oh' in this line from 'Dear Mrs Dunkley'?
Colloquial language
Identify TWO reoccurring motifs/symbols in the novel PTS.
A shark, shark teeth, and shark eggs, water & light.
In Dennis Denuto's office, what equipment is he seen to have problems with?
photocopier
List at least THREE key thematic concerns in Gray's poetry.
Environmental awareness
The power of reflection
The invigorating power of nature
Urbanisation
Globalisation
Spirituality
Humanity
Everyday events
The destruction of the natural world
After writing an imaginative piece, there are many questions you might ask yourself during the editing process to check the quality of your work. What are might some of these questions be?
- Have you successfully achieved your artistic purpose?
- Have you used language forms and features to create meaning?
- Have you used symbolism, imagery, rhetoric, voice, characterisation, point of view, dialogue and tone to establish your purpose?
- Have you used simple and complex sentences to create meaning throughout your response?
- Is the meaning within your sentences clear?
- Have you proofed your spelling, punctuation and grammar?
Identify the MOST obvious technique in the following quote and explain its effect: "[Miles] climbed onto the rails, was ready to jump, but Dad grabbed him up - held him like stone."
Technique = Simile
Effect = 'Dad held him like stone' implies a firm grasp and suggests an aggressive hold. This is true to the Father's nature.
The film shows a multicultural community. List at least TWO characters that have different cultural backgrounds to the Kerrigans.
Farouk
Con
List the SIX poems in the suit of poems from Gray's collection titled, 'Coast Road'.
- Journey, the north coast
- Flames and Dangling wire
- Harbour Dusk
- Byron Bay Winter
- Description of a Walk
- 24 Poems
If "The Pedestrian" is a satirical piece, what might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?
- Society's complete dependence on technology and the resulting dangers
- Society's lack of interest in personal interaction
- Society's laziness
Students explore how texts may give insight into the a_______s, pa_______ and in_____________ in human behaviour and motivations.
anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies.
List FIVE key thematic concerns in the film.
● Social class
● Land Rights
● Family unity
● The connection between people and their environment
● Multiculturalism
● Social acceptance and belonging
● Importance of friendship and/or mateship
● Individual’s role in their community.
Stereotypes
Identify the TWO of the artists, artworks or musicians referenced in the Robert Gray poems we have studied.
- 'The Raft of the Medusa' (Théodore Géricault)
- 'Nude Descending a Staircase' (Marcel Duchamp)
- Frédéric Chopin (musician)
- Paul Cézanne (painter/artist)
- Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood (painters/artists)
What are the four forms/types of writing you have analysed and crafted yourself?
Discursive
Imaginative
Persuasive
Reflective