Language Features, Symbols, and Motifs (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Second-person address ('you')

Alternating between different languages or dialects

'A kid who speaks two languages gets beaten in both'

Repeating words at beginning of successive clauses

Universal hook → escalating chaos → reflective coda

Noah 'changes colour' through language manipulation

'Love isn't ownership'

Government-exploited black divisions

Poverty's entrepreneurial desperation

Create immersive engagement, pull readers through apartheid