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

Repetition of words/phrases at start of successive clauses

Dawn cracks, dawn cracks again

Dialogue blended into narration without quotation marks

Placement of contrasting elements side by side for effect

Cyclical time & human transience against cosmic scale

Seeing everything but changing nothing; god-like yet impotent

Hidden decay paralleling concealed planetary crises

Sustainability & human fragility; need for constant care

Unity transcending tribalism; shared humanity from space

Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link