Using as a Mentor Text (Satirical Writing) (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Deadpan narrative voice
Deadpan narrative voice
Detached, matter-of-fact style describing horrors flatly
Bathos definition
Bathos definition
Sudden shift from elevated content to mundane/ridiculous
Hyperbolic satire purpose
Hyperbolic satire purpose
Exaggerates real concerns to grotesque extremes as warning
4 arc movements in order
4 arc movements in order
Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Denouement
VHS mnemonic stands for
VHS mnemonic stands for
Voice, Hyperbole, Structure (core satirical techniques)
Required mentor text references
Required mentor text references
4-5 direct references throughout the piece
Voice calibration key feature
Voice calibration key feature
Clinical, emotionless verbs with flat affect throughout
Symbolic handicaps must be
Symbolic handicaps must be
Tangible physical/technological emblems of constraints
Bathos pivot must be
Bathos pivot must be
Immediate and brutal, not gradual decline
British spelling examples required
British spelling examples required
satirise, equalise, colour (not -ize/-or)