The Pedestrian (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Multi-sensory imagery
Multi-sensory imagery
Combining visual, auditory, tactile & olfactory details
Recommended senses per key scene
Recommended senses per key scene
3-4 senses
Figurative language limit per paragraph
Figurative language limit per paragraph
2-3 figures of speech
Third-person limited narration
Third-person limited narration
Following one character's perspective with their inner thoughts
Anaphora
Anaphora
Repeating words/phrases at start of successive clauses
Three-part narrative arc structure
Three-part narrative arc structure
Descriptive opening → clipped dialogue → ironic close
Purpose of lyrical to clinical tone shift
Purpose of lyrical to clinical tone shift
Embodies technology's erosion of wonder & humanity
Why use second-person opening?
Why use second-person opening?
To implicate readers & show sophisticated narrative control
Function of rhetorical questions
Function of rhetorical questions
Reveal internal conflict & draw readers into experience
Making technology a 'living antagonist'
Making technology a 'living antagonist'
Use personification to make tech actively threatening