Narrative Voice and Tone (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Detached, third-person, mimics fairy tale simplicity

Blends narrator voice w/ character thoughts, no quotation marks

Attitude or feeling conveyed by narrator toward subject matter

Sudden shift from elevated to trivial or absurd

Placing contrasting elements side by side

Presents something as less significant than it actually is

Lulls readers into false security before subverting with horror

Makes violence more disturbing; readers supply missing emotion

Early tone describing hyperbolic handicaps with absurd details

Fragmented thought processes of handicapped characters