Narrative Style and Perspective (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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How long after Santiago's murder does the narrator return to investigate?
How long after Santiago's murder does the narrator return to investigate?
27 years later
What two elements does the narrative style combine?
What two elements does the narrative style combine?
Journalistic investigation & oral history
What is the narrator's dual connection to events?
What is the narrator's dual connection to events?
Santiago's friend & Angela's brother-in-law
What effect does the communal 'we' voice create?
What effect does the communal 'we' voice create?
Spreads guilt across the entire town
What is polyphonic texture?
What is polyphonic texture?
Multiple voices without hierarchy
What does the opening line immediately establish?
What does the opening line immediately establish?
That Santiago's death is inevitable
What terms describe the fractured timeline technique?
What terms describe the fractured timeline technique?
Analepsis & prolepsis
What does the narrator's journalistic precision create?
What does the narrator's journalistic precision create?
Verisimilitude
How many times is 'We're going to kill him' repeated?
How many times is 'We're going to kill him' repeated?
Over 20 times
How does the novella's structure reinforce fate?
How does the novella's structure reinforce fate?
Circular: opens & closes w/ same lines