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Mod A: Cobby Eckermann
Mod A: Cobby Eckermann
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1
"Excavation holes are dug in our minds"
Gruesome imagery - acknowledgment of the destructive past to move forward
Meta4 - suffering and mistreatment suggested through the acts of movin forw
2
A sense of movement and vitality is created in the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’.
False
True
3
In ‘Oombulgarri’, what are the blue patterned dresses associated with?
Wind
Playground
Gate
Tumble weeds
4
"There is blood on the truth"
Acknowledgment of the destructive past to move forward
Gruesome imagery, symbolises truth is ugly, paradox of truth imagery of 🩸
5
"Echoes of laughter roll like distant thunder"
Symbolism - lack of and inability to move
Simile - shows the absence of the community is flowing fading away
6
“Heat was a grip with fingers entwined”
Trance
Eyes
Unearth
Leaves
7
According to Cobby Eckermann, what can stories do”?
Shift views
Shift minds
Shift hearts
Shift perspectives
8
“Echoes of laughter roll like distant thunder”
Leaves
Oombulgurri
Trance
Unearth
9
"Which eyes stare to challenger her"
Eyes
Key
Leaves
Unearth
10
"Did not know me yet gave me leaves"
Oombulgurri
Leaves
Key
Eyes
11
"Tumbleweeds"
Leaves
Oombulgurri
Unearth
Eyes
12
“Lets dig up the soil and excavate the past”
Leaves
Key
Trance
Unearth
13
"Heat was a grip with fingers entwined"
Simile - shows the absence of the community is slowly fading away
Meta4 - feeling of loss
14
Why does the persona in ‘Trance’ enjoy the the sensation of “bleached sand” burning her skin?
It reminds her of her brother
It reminds her of her mother
It reminds her of her cousin
It reminds her of her husband
15
"Which eyes will she need for today"
The connotation of choice - disbandment
personification + meta4 - implies suffering witnessed + experienced
16
"His bark-bound body"
Meta4 - symbolic of ritualistic practices that build + shape 1 na identity
Imagery - reminisce on the past and longing for her dead husband
17
According to the rubric, Language has the power to reflect and shape
individualism
iconography
identity
ideology
18
What textual form lacks rigidity and rules, allowing for self expression?
Prose
Film
Drama
Poetry
19
Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poems lack punctuation because
her poems don’t need punctuation
she is uneducated
it is a form of rebellion
she is appealing to the undeducated
20
"She picks the eyes filled with rage"
Personification - choice, different persona of attitudes + value
Repetition of eyes, act as a mask or a differentiations way to view life
21
"The town is empty now... as empty as the promises"
simile - reflects children as the promise for the future - it being a lie
Repetition of the word empty - empathises defeat + isolation of community
22
“The dawn breeze chills a whisper inside her trance” is an example of what technique?
Assonance
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
23
A possum skin cloak is a symbol of individual and collective identity for Aboriginal women?
True
False
24
"Floats in a pituri haze"
Eyes
Oombulgurri
Trance
Unearth
25
In ‘Unearth’ what is described as having, “flaming limbs”?
Boomerang
Wind
Poinciana
Warriors
26
"Even the wind can no longer stir"
Symbolism - lack of and inability to move
meta4/symbolic - of the painful cycle the indigenous community has suffered
27
A sense of futility is created in the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’.
True
False
28
“There is blood on the truth” concludes what poem?
Unearth
Oombulgarri
Trance
Eyes
29
"There is blood on the truth"
Leaves
Unearth
Key
Oombulgurri
30
"Lets dig up the soil and excavate the past"
results in the reader to do more than acknowledge the past
Meta4 - suffering and mistreatment suggested through the acts of moving for
Inclusive language of "lets", 1st person, excavate = harsh tone
31
"Her eyes stare to challenge her"
the connotation of choice - disbandment
Extended meta4 - female 1 nat identity, eyes are the windows to the soul
32
“that lone tree on the ridge"
Unearth
Key
Leaves
Eyes
33
"Heat is the love of the campfire"
Meta4 - reaffirms connection to the land
Meta4 - cultural connotations of past oppression building aboriginal ident
34
There are six poems in the anthology, Inside My Mother.
False
True
35
"The eyes of terror she has thrown away"
Personification + metaphor - implies suffering witnessed and experienced
personification - choice, different persona of attitudes + value
36
”The town is empty now, empty as the promises that once held it together”, is an example of what technique?
Metaphor
Synechdoche
Repetition
Simile
37
The purpose of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poetry is
to judge people
to reconcile
to criticise non-Indigenous Australians
purely personal
38
"Even the wind can no longer stir"
Leaves
Eye
Oombulgurri
Unearth
39
"Tumbleweeds"
meta4/symbolic - of the painful cycle the indigenous community has suffered
Imagery of desolation - left feeling along and isolated
40
"The eyes of terror she has thrown away"
Key
Leaves
Eyes
Unearth
41
“The town is empty now”...”as empty as the promises”
Oombulgurri
Unearth
Trance
Leaves
42
"Excavation holes are dug in our minds"
Unearth
Eyes
Trance
Leaves
43
“Ghost gums begin to dance” in what poem?
Trance
Eyes
Unearth
Leaves
44
What line ends the poem, ‘Oombulgarri’?
Even the creak of the gate is silent
The town is empty now
Even the wind can no longer stir
Hysterical energy whips and wails
45
"She picks the eyes filled with rage"
Eyes
Unearth
Key
Leaves
46
"Heat is the love of the campfire"
Unearth
Oombulgurri
Eyes
Trance
47
In the town of Oombulgarri, what was the last service to close?
Hospital
School
Police station
Post Office
48
The poem, ‘Trance’ subverts the stereotypical image of traditional Aboriginal people as uncivilised.
False
True
49
“Her eyes stare to challenge her”
Key
Unearth
Leaves
Eyes
50
"Floats in a pituri haze"
Meta4 - Reaffirms connection to the land
Imagery - Reminisce on the past and longing for her dead husband
51
"His bark-bound body"
Trance
Leaves
Eyes
Unearth
52
"In my mind the horizon is formed by him even at this distance I know that"
Eyes
Unearth
Trance
Leaves
53
"The void there is no chasm between us"
Leaves
Eyes
Key
Unearth
