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Afrikaans FAL Poetry Common Questions
Touloper
1. The storms? Meaning?
2. The garden gate? Teenager is trapped but the goal (symbolism) is freedom and
escapism
3. Always ask about line 2/3. Inversie. It means the object starts first then the subject. It
refers to that the teenager is braaf/moed/durf
4. Ask about the voetjie vir voetjie en voet vir voet. Know the difference. At first the
teenager was huiwerig/onseker/stadig then later meer selfvertroue. More
durf/dapper
5. Know the Tema of the poem
6. Literal and figurative meaning of the title
7. Line 5-7 is the quoted words of things the parents say to the teenager
Die wêreld het so klein geword
1. The 3 generations. What the main differences. Space,Technology etc
2. What is ironic about the poem? What is the tipografie
3. Talk about the trees
4. Quote alliterations/assonansie
5. Know information about that GROOT word line 19
6. What is the Voordeel(advantage) and nadeel(disadvantage) of the speakers
leefwêreld
7. Be able to speak about the line lengths becoming smaller and smaller. The meaning
of it
Vraagteken (?)
1. Why is it called Vraagteken? Give the 2 meaning. Titelose en sy weet nie Wie haar
liefde is nie
2. Know the vergelykings. There is 2
3. Know the inversie. There is 2
4. Know about line 4. The palm is being intieme plek
5. Line 16 is an important line. Its negatief. Pyn
6. Know places where she wrote on(permanent)
7. How we know she is at school
8. How do we know she is a tiener. A Jong one?
9. Know the Tema
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10. 2 places she wrote the name
11. Know the rhyme scheme for strofe 1. Gebroke rym
12. Is she being irassioneel? Yes or no and why
13. Know where the wending is
14. Doodle =krabbel
15. Know that at first she is obsessed and overtime she feels uncertain. Confused. Don't
know if lover even knows she exists. All about young love
Sterrekyker
1. Literal and figurative meaning of Sterrekyker
2. Know die koker beskerm(protects) the briewe
3. Know all the alliterasie
4. Know line 10 is n hiperbool
5. Why does the speaker speak to the man on the moon? Know the man on the moon
is not real
6. Wending is nou line 11
7. Know it's eerstepersoonspreker
8. Be able to identify the metafoor
9. Function of the enjabament
10. Tema of the poem
11. Ek is die Sterrekyker
12. Jy is die Leser
13. Hy is die man op die maan
Staan op!
1. What is the literal and figurative meaning of the title
2. Line 2 and 3 is enjabament
3. THEY ALWAYS ASK THE FUNCTION OF THE ELLIPS IN LINE 7!
4. Know that Line 9 is eufemisme. Always multiple choice question
5. Know the alliterasie in line 10
6. Know the theme of the poem
7. Know herhaaling is Anafora
8. Know the teikenmark is teenagers
9. Know common words
10. Depressie Eensaamheid selfbewusheid verwerping
11. Onsekerheid alleenheid
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Daarom
1. Be able to explain the neologisme for spieëlskrikker
2. Be able to identify the things he doesn't like about his body
3. Know the difference between stanza 1 and 2. One is the description. One is the
reasons
4. Know these words: lae selfbeed, omgekrap, omgemak, onaantreklik, klaar, skaam,
frustrasie, voel soos ń gek
5. Know how to explain Krater
6. Know how to explain ironies line 3
7. Know that die tyd in line 13 is tienerstyd
8. Know that the dubbelpunt gives more explanation + creates afstand between girls
and him. He feels onaantreklik
9. They always ask about hardkoppige houding. He hides for protection. No one must
see him
10. The alliterasie in line 14. It emphasizes the frustration. Also, he slams the door often
Aandeelhouer
1. What is the literal and figurative meaning of the title
2. Know that they talking about a seun. "Jongheer"
3. Know that the diff between the 1st and 2nd stanza. Stanza 1 is traditional
Afrikaans..it's formal. Professional Afrikaans. Spoken by an ouer person. Stanza 2 is
modern language. With English words. Spoken by the boy
4. Know why prys is alleenplasing
5. Know there is omgemak enjabament throughout the poem. Emphasizing the dad's
discomfort
6. Know the bates, beurs for the PA and Seun
7. Know the financial terminology
8. Know that Line 2 really well
9. The boy answers it in Stanza 2
10. Know the boys belê. Sport. Muscles. Girls.
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Sondagaande
1. Line 1 is an example of what figure of speech. Personification. Know what is being
personified
2. Know the difference between aand and nag
3. Know all the alliterasie and assonansie
4. What does the taai donker part mean!
5. Know about the circling down of the birds of pray
6. The ironic part of the lamppale
7. You only have negative gedagtes (thoughts). Angs, stres, depressie,
swaarmoedigheid
8. The aande part of the title. That means it's happening more than once for the
speaker
9. Know the "prooi" and "roofvoëls" are linked together
10. Know the meaning of the skerp oë
11. Know why one would feel depressed/anxious on a Sunday evening- school, work,
meetings etc
“Mamma” kan ek nie sê nie
1. They always ask about the title. Know about inversie and the beklemtoon
2. Know about the hulle line 5
3. Know like 5-7 is a voorbeeld van parentese
4. Know the function of the dubbelpunt
5. Know the names for 3 lines (tersine) and 2 lines(koeplet)
6. Know lines 3 going onto 4 is enjabament. Know the function of it
7. Know line 4 is alleenplasing
8. Know the angel set the daughter
9. Know the Tema. Verwerp. Hartseer. Melancholies
10. Toon is saaklik
11. Know that the girl knew before birth. Voor tyd se tyd
12. Know about the afgeskop
13. Know the wik en weeg
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