Module A - Language, Identity and Culture

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

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

“Ghost gums begin to dance” in what poem?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘Leaves’ is an emotional and deeply personal poem.

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

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

’Leaves’ is an autobiographical poem.

What line ends the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’?

Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poems lack punctuation because

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to Cobby Eckermann, what can stories do”?

The purpose of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poetry is