Henry Lawson Techniques
Technique Table
Henry Lawson Short Stories
The Drover’s Wife
Technique | Example | Effect | Setting | ‘’The bush consists of stunted, rotten … trees’’ | Introduces the area that the character/author is experiencing first hand. | Repetition | ‘’Snake! Mother, here’s a snake!’’ | Responder would feel the urgency and the traumatising experience that the character is going through. | Colloquial Language | ‘’Mummy! Tommy’s skinnin’ me alive wif his club’’ | Presents to the responder that the kids are still young and immature to be handling these kind of situations. | Colour Imagery | ‘’Black, yellow-eyed dog’’ | Describes the dog like a mutant, as if it’s a terrifying out of the normal dog | Personification | ‘’Thunder rolls in’’ | As it is followed by ‘’rain comes down’’ it is given the image of a storm is coming | Hyperbole | ‘’Tommy, who worked like a little hero by her side’’ | Shows that even the little kids are working as hard as her | Personification | ‘’drops of sooty… her forehead’’ | Emphasises that she works so hard until her sweat drops look like they’re standing up. | Onomatopoeia | ‘’Bung! The crows leave..’’ | Represents the sound of a gun | Irony | ‘’she loves her children, but has…harsh to them’’ | Gives the effect of her being those strong women type and doesn’t show affection. | Imagery | ‘’He is not… hair will not grow’’ | Describes how the dog looks, gives the audience a vivid image |
In A Dry Season
Technique | Example | Effect | Setting | ‘’railway town consists… distance’’ | Describes what is in the surrounding and what could consist in the story | Imagery | ‘’a small, oblong … twist in another’’ | Describes the imperfections of the building, sets the scene | Simile/Colloquial/Vernacular | ‘’He was dressed like a bush larrikin’’ | Sets the scene, creates a relaxed | Colloquial Language | “Ungroomed hacks” p. 37 | Setting the scene as relaxed Australian outback. | Vernacular | “ten quid” p. 39 |
Henry Lawson Short Stories
The Drover’s Wife
Technique | Example | Effect | Setting | ‘’The bush consists of stunted, rotten … trees’’ | Introduces the area that the character/author is experiencing first hand. | Repetition | ‘’Snake! Mother, here’s a snake!’’ | Responder would feel the urgency and the traumatising experience that the character is going through. | Colloquial Language | ‘’Mummy! Tommy’s skinnin’ me alive wif his club’’ | Presents to the responder that the kids are still young and immature to be handling these kind of situations. | Colour Imagery | ‘’Black, yellow-eyed dog’’ | Describes the dog like a mutant, as if it’s a terrifying out of the normal dog | Personification | ‘’Thunder rolls in’’ | As it is followed by ‘’rain comes down’’ it is given the image of a storm is coming | Hyperbole | ‘’Tommy, who worked like a little hero by her side’’ | Shows that even the little kids are working as hard as her | Personification | ‘’drops of sooty… her forehead’’ | Emphasises that she works so hard until her sweat drops look like they’re standing up. | Onomatopoeia | ‘’Bung! The crows leave..’’ | Represents the sound of a gun | Irony | ‘’she loves her children, but has…harsh to them’’ | Gives the effect of her being those strong women type and doesn’t show affection. | Imagery | ‘’He is not… hair will not grow’’ | Describes how the dog looks, gives the audience a vivid image |
In A Dry Season
Technique | Example | Effect | Setting | ‘’railway town consists… distance’’ | Describes what is in the surrounding and what could consist in the story | Imagery | ‘’a small, oblong … twist in another’’ | Describes the imperfections of the building, sets the scene | Simile/Colloquial/Vernacular | ‘’He was dressed like a bush larrikin’’ | Sets the scene, creates a relaxed | Colloquial Language | “Ungroomed hacks” p. 37 | Setting the scene as relaxed Australian outback. | Vernacular | “ten quid” p. 39 |