How do Henry Lawson express ideas about life in Australia bush in the novel "Drover's Wife"?
Your friend who lives in Melbourne is about to start reading "Drover's Wife" for the English unit. She has asked you the question set out above.
Write a letter explaining ONE aspect of Australia bush explored in the novel.
Dear Amy 19-9-2011
It's nice to know that you're studying Henry Lawson's novel. I've just finished studying the novel, "Drover's Wife. I love the novel, it vividly describes the bush life in Australia.
First of all, Henry used many negative adjectives, like "rotten", "ragged", "waterless creek"...etc. These adjectives help the readers see that the life in Australia bush is tough and hard to survive.
Also he used some informal language to express how the ordinary life of Australian family is like, for example the children in the novel used colloquial and even foul language. It helps readers aware of the fact that the characters living in the bush in the novel didn't take any formal education and it perfectly shows how tough the life of Australia bush is.
The house that at the start of the novel also shows how the life is like in Australia bush. Henry describes it with some bad things like "floored with split slabs", "rough slab floor " to give readers a message about the harsh life in bush.
At last, Henry points out many hardship of living in bush. Like the people in bush need to face many problems such as flood, sun dower and natural disasters to show it's not easy to live in bush.
Hope I can answer your question.
Yours
Jimmy
2011年9月19日 星期一
2011年9月16日 星期五
Points to remember
How to demonstrate understanding of the ways language shapes and expresses perception.
Question 1(a) (i) : What is one idea about team work communicated in the photograph? (Write words of the same meaning)
The united group of people can make dream come true.
(ii) : How is the idea communicated? (describe what you see)
The idea is communicated by the same colour of the clothes people are wearing and the same kite playing acts seen in the photograph.
(b) Give TWO reasons why the person telling the story dreams of living in somebody else’s house? The hero was not happy with his sister and mother. He was embarrassed by his sister in front of their friends. His mother didn't take care of his feeling and laughed at him when he was embarrassed.
He doesn't like his own house which is a dirty and untidy home.
(c) Explain TWO ways the author conveys a sense of ‘not belonging’ in the extract
The girl really wanted to stay in the house as a member of the family. However, the reaction of the family was bad. The father turned off the TV, and the mother spoke in a hard voice. Also, the heroine had thought of getting adopted since she was 7 years old. It shows that the girl didn't like her family at all, so there was no sense of belonging conveyed in the story.
(d) Why did VicHealth develop the Together We Do Better campaign? Give TWO
reasons.
VicHealth develop the Together We Do Better campaign because they want to get people thinking and talking with friends, workmates and family about the personal and social benefits of belonging to a community, and of being accepted, respected and included. Also they want to let people feeling supported by social groups as well.
(e) Why does Dr Rob Moodie say “And it’s about starting small”?
Dr Moodie thinks it is ....
Starting small means it is easier and more simple to start from the small area of life, such as making daily conversation with parents, talking with neighbours, friends.
(f) Identify TWO persuasive techniques used in this press release. Explain the
effect of these techniques.
the writer uses results of research and statistics to persuade the readers to buy the ideas.
He also uses persuasive words,such as "social benefits", "better" and "we". Those words will make readers believe what the writer said is true.
Words I need to know
composer conveys
writer expresses
author communicates
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/pdf_doc/english-esl-sample-answers-09.pdf
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/pdf_doc/2009-hsc-exam-english-esl-p1.pdf
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/notes/english.html#adv-paper-2-sec-i
Question 1(a) (i) : What is one idea about team work communicated in the photograph? (Write words of the same meaning)
The united group of people can make dream come true.
(ii) : How is the idea communicated? (describe what you see)
The idea is communicated by the same colour of the clothes people are wearing and the same kite playing acts seen in the photograph.
(b) Give TWO reasons why the person telling the story dreams of living in somebody else’s house? The hero was not happy with his sister and mother. He was embarrassed by his sister in front of their friends. His mother didn't take care of his feeling and laughed at him when he was embarrassed.
He doesn't like his own house which is a dirty and untidy home.
(c) Explain TWO ways the author conveys a sense of ‘not belonging’ in the extract
The girl really wanted to stay in the house as a member of the family. However, the reaction of the family was bad. The father turned off the TV, and the mother spoke in a hard voice. Also, the heroine had thought of getting adopted since she was 7 years old. It shows that the girl didn't like her family at all, so there was no sense of belonging conveyed in the story.
(d) Why did VicHealth develop the Together We Do Better campaign? Give TWO
reasons.
VicHealth develop the Together We Do Better campaign because they want to get people thinking and talking with friends, workmates and family about the personal and social benefits of belonging to a community, and of being accepted, respected and included. Also they want to let people feeling supported by social groups as well.
(e) Why does Dr Rob Moodie say “And it’s about starting small”?
Dr Moodie thinks it is ....
Starting small means it is easier and more simple to start from the small area of life, such as making daily conversation with parents, talking with neighbours, friends.
(f) Identify TWO persuasive techniques used in this press release. Explain the
effect of these techniques.
the writer uses results of research and statistics to persuade the readers to buy the ideas.
He also uses persuasive words,such as "social benefits", "better" and "we". Those words will make readers believe what the writer said is true.
Words I need to know
composer conveys
writer expresses
author communicates
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/pdf_doc/english-esl-sample-answers-09.pdf
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/pdf_doc/2009-hsc-exam-english-esl-p1.pdf
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2009exams/notes/english.html#adv-paper-2-sec-i
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