henry lawson

Question 1

Para 1 ETA 1 drovers wife

Answer 1

, “…listen to them (adjective) little possums. I’d like to screw their blanky necks” - use of colloquialism and profanity

Question 2

para 1 eta 2 drovers wife

Answer 2

“One of the children died while she was alone. She rode nineteen miles for assistance, carrying the dead child” - anecdotal evidence of her response to challenge

Question 3

para 1 eta 3 our pipes

Answer 3

“mother was at work out in the kitchen at the back” - imagery

Question 4

para 1 eta 4 our pipes

Answer 4

use of imperative tone and hyphenated language. “Give - me- that- pipe!”

Question 5

Para 1 eta 5 our pipes

Answer 5

tone of retrospection and respect for her memory. “God bless her…She’s been at rest these seventeen long years’’

Question 6

para 1 eta 6 drovers wife

Answer 6

“Presently he looks up at her…throwing his arms around her neck exclaims:…I won’t never go drovin’” - tone of respect and affection

Question 7

para 2 eta one shooting the moon

Answer 7

“I remember once, at a pub I was staying at, I had to leave without saying goodbye to the landlord!’’ - exclamatory tone

Question 8

para 2 eta 2 the loaded dog

Answer 8

“…a big foolish, four footed mate” - The use of the colloquial term for friend applies to an animal

Question 9

para 2 eta 3 the loaded dog

Answer 9

“the retriever with the cartridge in his mouth - wedged into his broadest silliest grin.” - Lawson applies juxtaposition