Voice, Humour, and Persuasive Style (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards

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Voice, Humour, and Persuasive Style
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Type of hybrid Atwood's speech demonstrates

Persuasive-discursive hybrid

Atwood's distinctive voice style name

'Everywoman sage' voice

Multi-dimensional voice using different speaking positions

Polyvocal persona

Humour technique using casual language for serious subjects

Ironic understatement (meiosis)

Exaggerated lists that become darkly comic through accumulation

Hyperbolic catalogues

Repetition at beginning of successive clauses

Anaphora

Mixing short, punchy sentences with longer, expansive ones

Polystructure

Metaphor for humour's dual function in Atwood's speech

Scalpel and sugar

Atwood's method mirroring her message about complexity

Form embodies content

Band 6 analysis requirement showing technique interaction

Perceptive synthesis

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