Narrative Voice and Reflective Tone (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

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Narrative Voice and Reflective Tone
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Kassab's second-person 'you' effect

Implicates reader as active participant in colonial process

Prophetic-incantatory tone sources

Biblical judgement + Indigenous prophecy rhythms

Anaphoric chains in Kassab

Repeated phrases at clause starts; ritual accumulation

Imperative verbs function

Command forms (build, sow) ritualise act of possession

Three phases of voice progression

Conquest (accusation) → Denial (questions) → Reckoning (verdict)

Purpose of poetic fragmentation

Mirrors cultural violence; enacts sovereignty's rupture

Reflective questions function as

Socratic method exposing ignorance and amnesia

Temporal bridging definition

Connecting 1788 colonial violence to 2022 contemporary policies

Key prophetic verdict quote

'Your possession is their dispossession of land and dream'

Metalanguage: second-person...

Second-person implicature

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