Form, Structure, and Language (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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What does 'laconic' mean in Lawson's prose style?
What does 'laconic' mean in Lawson's prose style?
Using very few words to express ideas
What is parataxis in Lawson's writing?
What is parataxis in Lawson's writing?
Short clauses side by side w/o connectors
Whose principle of 'single effect' does Lawson follow?
Whose principle of 'single effect' does Lawson follow?
Edgar Allan Poe
Over what time period does 'The Drover's Wife' narrative unfold?
Over what time period does 'The Drover's Wife' narrative unfold?
24-hour period
What does 'vernacular' refer to in Lawson's dialogue?
What does 'vernacular' refer to in Lawson's dialogue?
Everyday language of ordinary people
What is 'black humour' in Lawson's stories?
What is 'black humour' in Lawson's stories?
Treating tragic subjects w/ sardonic irony
What is a frame narrative in Lawson's structure?
What is a frame narrative in Lawson's structure?
Story embedded within another story
What does 'staccato' mean in Lawson's imagery?
What does 'staccato' mean in Lawson's imagery?
Short, detached, abrupt
What does the snake symbolise in 'The Drover's Wife'?
What does the snake symbolise in 'The Drover's Wife'?
Repressed threat
Which narrative perspective creates 'pub yarn intimacy'?
Which narrative perspective creates 'pub yarn intimacy'?
First-person conversational narrator