Poetic Devices
A central idea or message explored in a text.
What is a theme?
A word describes the land, water, people and culture that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are connected to.
What is Country?
The feeling or attitude created by the writer in a poem.
What is tone?
The punctuation mark that shows that someone has been interrupted while speaking.
What is a dash?
Feeling accepted, connected or like you are part of a place, group or community.
What is belonging?
The name given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families.
What are the Stolen Generations?
The voice that speaks in a poem.
What is the speaker?
The name for a word that means the opposite of another word, such as “hot” and “cold.”
What is an antonym?
The halls sighed loudly as the students left for the school holidays.
What is personification?
A place where someone lives and may feel safe and connected.
What is home?
The poem by Ali Cobby Eckermann that explores separation from family and the Stolen Generations.
What is The Letter?
When a poet uses “I,” “me” and “my” written from their own perspective.
What is first-person perspective?
The name for a shortened word made from the first letters of other words, such as NASA or ASAP.
What is an acronym?
His foot is the size of a house.
What is hyperbole?
The people you are related to, who can give you a sense of belonging.
What is family?
The poem written by Nola Gregory that explores her connection to Country.
What is Mother Earth?
The word that describes a tone that shows the speaker is thinking fondly about the past.
What is nostalgic?
The name for a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning, such as “sea” and “see.”
What is a homophone?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
Traditions, beliefs and ways of life shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
The poem by Oodgeroo Noonuccal that compares Aboriginal life before and after colonisation.
What is The Past?
When the feeling or attitude of a poem changes, (e.g. from sadness to hope).
What is a tone shift or 'turn'?
A word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards, like “racecar” or “level.”
What is a palindrome?