Scythe
Trance
Digging
Telemachus
Visual Literacy
100

Who is the author of Scythe?

Neal Shusterman

100

What type of poem was Trance?

Free verse elegy 

100

What is it called when a poem starts and ends with the same/similar line and/or image?

Cyclical poem

100

Define intergenerational trauma.

When trauma is passed down consciously and/or unconsciously. 

100

What are the THREE main categories when analysing an image?

Colour, Composition and Symbols

200

Name THREE Scythes who write journal entries in the book.

Curie, Goddard, Faraday...

200

What were the ghost gums symbolic of in the poem?

Ancestral spirits

200

What is kinesthetic imagery?

Kinesthetic imagery is descriptive language that conveys physical movement, muscle tension, and bodily sensations

200

What did the water represent in the poem?

Past trauma and memories 

200

What is a salient image? 

The main image - where the eye is drawn first.

300

What is the last Scythe Commandment?

"Thou shalt be beholden to no laws beyond these."

300

Why was/is pituri used amongst Indigenous communities?

To relieve pain - harsh climate and experiences 

300

What Irish revolt was Heaney writing through?

The Troubles 

300

What is The Odyssey about? 

Epic poem that follows the Greek hero Odysseus on his ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, where he must overcome mythical monsters and defeat arrogant suitors to reclaim his kingdom and reunite with his family.

300

What is a vector?

Visible or invisible directional lines that guide a viewer's eyes from one element to another within an image

400

What does the ring stand for in Scythe? What technique is used here?

Immunity - motif 

400

Who is the author of Trance?

Ali Cobby Eckermann

400

What does the spade symbolise in the poem?

Symbolic of the hard physical labour, heritage, and traditional rural life of the speaker's father and grandfather

400

What techniques are used in this line? 

'The cathedral

in his sea-black eyes'



Enjambment, contrast, symbolism, synecdoche 

400

What is the foreground vs the background? 

The foreground is the visual layer closest to the viewer, while the background is the furthest layer in the distance

500

What does CCRAMIT stand for?

Corruption, Complacency, Rebellion, Autonomy, Immortality, Morality, Transhumanism

500

What is the Dreamtime in Indigenous culture? 

Describes how the world was created. It represents a system of spiritual beliefs, laws, and moral codes explaining the creation of life, landscapes, and animals by ancestral spirits

500

What is an anecdote? 

An anecdote is a short, interesting, or amusing story about a real person or event

500

Name FOUR characters in The Odyssey. 

Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, and various divine and monstrous figures like Athena, Polyphemus, Circe...

500

Identify THREE visual techniques in this image: 


Colour contrast, vectors, pointed/sharp lines, proportion