Module A - Language, Identity and Culture

“Which eyes will she need for today” is an example of what technique?

The purpose of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poetry is

Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poems lack punctuation because

What line ends the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’?

“There is blood on the truth” concludes what poem?

A sense of movement and vitality is created in the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’.

At whose door does the girl stand in the poem, ‘Key’?

The rhetorical questions in ‘Leaves’ elucidate the certainty and stability in the persona’s life.

In ‘Unearth’ what is described as having, “flaming limbs”?

According to Cobby Eckermann, what can stories "do”?

The poem, ‘Trance’ subverts the stereotypical image of traditional Aboriginal people as uncivilised and uncultured.

What textual form lacks rigidity and rules, allowing for self expression?

The simile, “Their time is sparse like a dying tree” is in what poem?

A sense of futility is created in the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’.

”The town is empty now, empty as the promises that once held it together”, is an example of what technique?

“The dawn breeze chills a whisper inside her trance” is an example of what technique?

In the town of Oombulgarri, what was the last service to close?

In ‘Oombulgarri’, what are the blue patterned dresses (and the people that wore them) associated with?

In what poem does the persona hear the “slight crackling of fire”?

In the poem, ‘Eyes’, what type of eyes are avoided by the persona?

’Leaves’ is an autobiographical poem.

“Ghost gums begin to dance” in what poem?

‘Leaves’ is an emotional and deeply personal poem.

According to the rubric, language has the power to reflect and shape

“Grass plains sway to sweep the void there is no chasm” is an example of what technique

A possum skin cloak is a symbol of individual and collective identity for Aboriginal women.

A recurring symbol that is woven through a text is best known by what name?

In the poem, ‘Eyes’, what eyes are chosen by the persona?