Language Features MEGA Quiz

Identify the language feature: "They looked like whales that had learnt how to swim on top of the sea" (p.2).

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Identify TWO features: "All his life the seasons had come as they were supposed to: the season of the emu pattern high in the night sky, when the fish swam thickly in the harbour; the season of rain when the geebungs and five-corners fruited.." (pg. 12).

• Long sentence

• Imagery

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Identify the effect of the following short sentences: "The moon rose. He held the meat to his mother's lips. He tried to coax his grandfather to eat" (p. 13).

• A sense of excitement and elation.

• An atmosphere of reflection and calm.

• Suggests anger

• A sense of urgency, anxiety, and uncertainty.

How can long sentences sometimes affect the pace of a narrative?

• Often slows the pace of the narrative.

• Often quickens the pace of the narrative.

Cadigal language: What is a 'coolamon'?

• A possum

• A shallow vessel to carry goods or water

• A kangaroo

• A spear used for hunting

Identify the Cadigal term for possum:

• O'possum

• Badagarang

• Bungu

• Guwi

Cadigal language: What does 'murry nowey' seem to mean?

• A Cadigal warrior

• Uncle

• Mud oyster

• Ship or large canoe

Identify the Cadigal term for 'mud oysters.'

• Dainya

• Wari

• Jiriya

• Guwi

Identify the direct characterisation from the following sentences:

• It was good to be important.

• Honey wins smiles from everyone, he thought.

• Maria took the package and untied the grass.

• He was growing even taller.

Identify the example of indirect characterisation from the following sentences:

• He lowered his head into his hands, sighing with regret.

• He was growing even taller.

• He enjoyed the taste of honey.

• He loved being by the harbour- to smell the trees, the soil, the cook fires.