Module A_Language, Identity and Culture

Module A will be tested in Paper 1

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

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

Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poems lack punctuation because

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

According to Cobby Eckermann, what can stories do”?

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

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

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

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

There are six poems in the anthology, Inside My Mother.

What line ends the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’?

Why does the persona in ‘Trance’ enjoy the the sensation of “bleached sand” burning her skin?

’Leaves’ is an autobiographical poem.

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

The purpose of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poetry is

‘Leaves’ is an emotional and deeply personal poem.

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

“Ghost gums begin to dance” in what poem?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In ‘Oombulgarri’, what are the blue patterned dresses associated with?

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