Language Features, Symbols, and Motifs (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of Harrison's use of Murri vernacular in Rainbow's End?
What is the primary purpose of Harrison's use of Murri vernacular in Rainbow's End?
To assert cultural sovereignty & identity
What dramatic technique involves rapid-fire dialogue exchanges like 'Go!' and 'No!'?
What dramatic technique involves rapid-fire dialogue exchanges like 'Go!' and 'No!'?
Stichomythia
What does the hessian fence symbolise in the play?
What does the hessian fence symbolise in the play?
Portable segregation & exclusion
The flood motif primarily represents what in Rainbow's End?
The flood motif primarily represents what in Rainbow's End?
Cyclical dispossession & systemic violence
What do white objects like Ajax and white gloves represent as motifs?
What do white objects like Ajax and white gloves represent as motifs?
Hegemonic standards of 'cleanliness'
What dramatic irony surrounds Gladys's character?
What dramatic irony surrounds Gladys's character?
She wins radio quizzes but is illiterate
Dolly's 'banshee wail' is an example of what type of theatrical sound?
Dolly's 'banshee wail' is an example of what type of theatrical sound?
Diegetic audio
How does Harrison use juxtaposition of dream and reality?
How does Harrison use juxtaposition of dream and reality?
To expose false promises of assimilation
Nan describes the hessian fence as what kind of idiom?
Nan describes the hessian fence as what kind of idiom?
A 'band-aid over a sore'
When Gladys reads her petition saying 'We demand...', what technique is used?
When Gladys reads her petition saying 'We demand...', what technique is used?
Breaking the fourth wall/direct address