Key Ideas (HSC SSCE English Standard): Quizzes
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What narrative technique does Garner use throughout the letter?
What narrative technique does Garner use throughout the letter?
Dual child-adult perspective
What does Garner credit Mrs Dunkley with teaching her?
What does Garner credit Mrs Dunkley with teaching her?
Everything about syntax and grammar
How does Garner describe the transformation Mrs Dunkley brought?
How does Garner describe the transformation Mrs Dunkley brought?
From 'arithmetic hell' to 'paradise'
What sensory detail does Garner recall about Mrs Dunkley?
What sensory detail does Garner recall about Mrs Dunkley?
A medicinal sort of perfume
How does Garner use the insult 'great moon calf'?
How does Garner use the insult 'great moon calf'?
Transforms it into badge of identity
How does Garner define forgiveness in the text?
How does Garner define forgiveness in the text?
An act of imaginative reconstruction
What question does Garner ask about Mrs Dunkley's teaching?
What question does Garner ask about Mrs Dunkley's teaching?
'You taught me... but at what price?'
What historical context helps explain Mrs Dunkley's behaviour?
What historical context helps explain Mrs Dunkley's behaviour?
Post-war Australia's repressed struggles
What personal struggle is revealed about Mrs Dunkley?
What personal struggle is revealed about Mrs Dunkley?
Her decline into alcoholism
Why is writing to a dead person significant?
Why is writing to a dead person significant?
It's about the writer's meaning-making