My current Year 12 class has been collaborating on an essay response to a previous HSC question for Standard Module A: Experience through Language – Distinctively Visual. We have been working with the short stories of Henry Lawson. Here is the near finished response – some paragraphs still need work. In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through the distinctively visual? Make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least one other related text of your own choice
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Throughout history the Australian identity and its associated values have been represented through distinctively visual language. Henry Lawson uses many evocative and powerful language techniques to convey his thoughts and feelings. This is clearly shown in “the drovers wife” and “in a dry season”. Other narratives also utilise the many language techniques to convey the distinctively visual image and is shown in “the man from Snowy River” by Banjo Patterson. All three texts reveal both positive and
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near daylight’. These time frames are small‚ yet in each time frame another part of the woman’s history of hardship is explored. ‘The rain will make the grass grow‚ and this reminds her how she fought a bush fire once her husband was away.’ Henry Lawson
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Henry Lawson Context Sheet – Lawson’s world 1.When and where was Henry Lawson born? Henry Lawson was born on the goldfields in Grenfell on June the 17th 1867. 2.When and where did Henry Lawson die? Henry Lawson died on September the 2nd‚ 1922 in Abbotsford home‚ Sydney. 3.In what years did Henry Lawson write? The Drover’s Wife? - 1892 The Loaded Dog? - 1901 Joe Wilson’s Courtship? - 1901 In a Dry Season? - 1892 4.For what publication did Henry Lawson write for? The bulletin 5. Find
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designed to present information that encourages us to accept a particular point of view. Normally this information is often fresh and exhilarating‚ challenging us to analyze aspects of the world in different ways. Advance Australia Where…..? By Hugh Mackay is an expository text which significantly analyses the idea of the renovations that Australia is currently undergoing through the younger generation. An abundant of ideas presented has led me to reject many of his views He presents these ideas throughout
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Andrina Critical Essay The short story “Andrina”‚ by George Mackay Brown introduces the idea of betrayal right from the beginning. The writer successfully uses a number of techniques to convey this idea‚ examples of these techniques being; characterisation‚ structure‚ narration and the writer’s use of language. The reader easily becomes involved with the story‚ due to Brown’s excellent use of said techniques and portrayal of the characters. The story focuses on the protagonist‚ Torvald‚ as
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Sample Lawson Essay It is not until one is placed in another’s shoes‚ that they fully understand the hardships that the other must face. In The Penguin Henry Lawson’s Short Stories ‘The drover’s wife’ and ‘In a Dry Season’ and ‘African Beggar’ Raymond Tong‚ distinctively visual language that creates images is employed so that the responder can establish perceptions of and relationships with the personas and their worlds. The establishment of images through the use of distinctively visual language
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Elaine MacKay stood out like a sore thumb in the midst of the manicured nails of Phillips Academy. Short‚ overweight‚ with a flat face that only a mother could love. Elaine held herself high with pride as the only student at Phillips to have Down Syndrome. The rest of us avoided her. Why would I‚ a member of one of the most popular cliques in the school‚ ever stoop down to her level? She had created her own level of the food chain‚ one that many of my fellow classmates called the ‘Retard Zone’‚ but
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The Drovers wife and loaded dog Visuals are distinctive‚ not because it only appeals to a specific audience but because they convey a universal concept and this is clearly shown in Henry Lawson’s “Drover’s Wife” and “The Loaded Dog”. These two short stories convey the universal principle of persistence‚ hardship‚ and mateship through survival in an unforgiving and harsh environment. The Drover’s wife clearly portrays the unique landscape of the outback through the hardships the drover’s wife’s
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