Language Features and Style (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Epistolary form meaning
Epistolary form meaning
Letter format
Purpose of 2nd-person pronouns in Garner's essay
Purpose of 2nd-person pronouns in Garner's essay
Creates letter authenticity & intimacy
Effect of Garner's short, direct sentences
Effect of Garner's short, direct sentences
Childlike clarity & emotional weight
Why Garner uses present tense for past events
Why Garner uses present tense for past events
Creates vivid immediacy, collapses time gap
Voice duality in Garner's essay
Voice duality in Garner's essay
Dual perspective: past self & present self
Tricolon definition
Tricolon definition
Three-part parallel structure
Anaphora definition
Anaphora definition
Repetition at start of successive phrases
Juxtaposition in Garner's essay
Juxtaposition in Garner's essay
Contrasts adolescent state with mature achievement
Unsentimental gratitude characteristic
Unsentimental gratitude characteristic
Plain, direct thanks without flowery tribute
Key effect of Garner's restraint
Key effect of Garner's restraint
More powerful emotion than elaborate language