Henry Lawson Short Stories Flashcards
1
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Black man
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Screamed and struggled convulsively, thinking it was a ‘black man’ (Sibilance)
2
Q
Gallowed-face
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Only last week a gallowed-faced swagman (flashback, colloquial language)
3
Q
Flood
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Fought a flood during her husband’s absence (historical allusion, metaphor)
4
Q
stm
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Shooting the Moon (colloquial terms)
5
Q
Hang
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To hang yourself with? (Dark humour, humorous tone)
6
Q
camp
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We lay in camp (Collective language)
7
Q
Clay-pipes
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Clay-pipes and nigger head tobacco (Colloquial terms, visual imagery)
8
Q
mulga
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Fringe of mulga… (Australian idium)
9
Q
Swagmen know
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Swagmen know what that means… (recurring motif, interjection)
