Poetry Techniques
In the line “The bakery breathed warm sugar through its doors,” the bakery is given a human ability.
What is Personification?
This poet wrote Circles and Squares.
Who is Ali Cobby Eckermann?
I have hands and a face, but I cannot clap or smile.
What is a clock?
What is Dwayne Johnson's nickname from his wrestling days?
What is "The Rock"?
Although many people think it is the heart or brain, this is actually the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
A performer says, “I remember my father,” then deliberately becomes silent so the audience can reflect on the memory.
What is a Pause?
In The Black Rat, the speaker describes an Aboriginal soldier who belonged to this famous group of Australian soldiers.
Who were the Rats of Tobruk?
The more you take away from me, the bigger I become.
What is a hole?
Which country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
What is Qatar?
What natural wonder is commonly referred to as “the Lungs of the World”?
A performer places extra stress on the word “proud” so the audience recognises its importance.
What is Emphasis?
In Circles and Squares, this shape represents restriction, control and cultural disconnection.
What is a square?
I have many keys but cannot open a single door. You can use me to make music.
What is a piano?
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this Infinity Stone was located in Vision’s forehead.
The fingerprints of this Australian animal are so similar to human fingerprints that they can be difficult to distinguish.
What is a koala?
A performer begins a stanza quickly to communicate excitement, then slows down when describing grief. This feature refers to the speed of delivery.
What is Pace?
John Hartley originally wrote I Remember to perform in this supportive space where men could share their experiences and emotions.
What is a men’s talking circle?
I belong to you, but other people use me more often than you do.
What is your name?
What year was the first Apple iPhone released in the United States?
What is 2007?
What’s the smallest country in the world?
What is the Vatican?
This term describes the overall sound and expression of a reading, including pronunciation, phrasing, intonation and attention to punctuation.
Jazz Money uses the words bila, yawilawilawil and dhaagun from this Aboriginal language in GUDYI.
What is Wiradjuri language?
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each person catches one fish, but they catch only three fish altogether. This is how many people went fishing.
What is three people?
A grandfather, his son and his grandson.
Which superhero film's 2019 gross briefly made it the highest-earning movie of all time?
What is Avengers: Endgame?
"Bourgeoisie" is a term used to describe: