Cloudstreet - Literary Devices

Question 1

The pentecostal pig is...

Accepted Answer

a biblical allusion and magic realism

Question 2

Winton uses numerous Australian words known as...

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colloquialism or idioms

Question 3

the house 'sighs' and 'breaths' through Winton's use of...

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personification

Question 4

The text ends where it begins. The middle is essentially a...

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flashback

Question 5

When Quick and Fish are in the boat staring up at the sky Winton uses ...

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imagery and magic realism

Question 6

symbolism, biblical allusion and metaphor are all used by Winton for which element in nature

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water

Question 7

When Quick returns to Perth he is glowing and this is an example of...

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magic realism

Question 8

When Fish speaks to his temporal self he is speaking in

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a mixture of first and second person narrative

Question 9

The last supper at the beginning and end of the text is an example of a...

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biblical allusion

Question 10

Rose's work at Baird's is an example of an − to show the role of women during the 1950's

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historical allusion

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