Structure and Narrative Development (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Word count of Harrison Bergeron
Word count of Harrison Bergeron
Approx. 2,200 words
Year Harrison Bergeron is set
Year Harrison Bergeron is set
2081
Opening technique Vonnegut uses
Opening technique Vonnegut uses
In medias res (in the middle of things)
% of story that is exposition
% of story that is exposition
20%
% of story that is rising action
% of story that is rising action
40%
% of story that is climax
% of story that is climax
10%
% of story that is denouement
% of story that is denouement
30%
Bathos in Harrison Bergeron
Bathos in Harrison Bergeron
Abrupt shift from elevated (dance) to mundane (violence)
Dramatic irony's function
Dramatic irony's function
Readers grasp horror that characters miss/forget
Effect of circular structure
Effect of circular structure
Returns to status quo; shows system self-perpetuates