Key Ideas (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Narrative technique Garner uses throughout letter
Narrative technique Garner uses throughout letter
Dual child-adult perspective
What Mrs Dunkley taught Garner
What Mrs Dunkley taught Garner
Everything about syntax and grammar
Insult Garner reclaims in letter signature
Insult Garner reclaims in letter signature
Great moon calf
Paradox: harsh methods can lead to what?
Paradox: harsh methods can lead to what?
Growth and skill development
What is forgiveness described as?
What is forgiveness described as?
An act of imaginative reconstruction
Mrs Dunkley's personal struggle revealed
Mrs Dunkley's personal struggle revealed
Alcoholism
Garner's central question about Mrs Dunkley's teaching
Garner's central question about Mrs Dunkley's teaching
You taught me... but at what price?
What ignited true inspiration vs fear?
What ignited true inspiration vs fear?
Rare moments of genuine recognition and connection
How language empowers the writer
How language empowers the writer
Reclaims trauma, asserts identity, reframes authority
Purpose of writing to dead person
Purpose of writing to dead person
Writer's meaning-making and emotional resolution