17 February, 2012

Literary Techniques to use in Essays :D
Alliteration: Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Foreshadowing: hinting at events to occur later
Hamartia: The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
Hyperbole: Exaggeration used to evoke strong feelings or create an impression which is not meant to be taken literally.
Irony
Metonymy: Word or phrase in a figure of speech in which an attribute of something stands for the thing itself.
Onomatopoeia: Word that sounds the same as, or similar to what the word means, e.g., "boom" or "squish"
Oxymoron: A term made of two words that deliberately or coincidentally imply each other's opposite, e.g. "terrible beauty"
Paradox: A phrase that describes an idea composed of concepts that conflict, e.g., "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (A Tale of Two Cities)
Personification: Using comparative metaphors and similes to give living characteristics to non-living objects
Sensory Detail / senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell
Flashback
Flashforward
Plot Twist: Unexpected change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot
Cliffhanger: The narrative ends unresolved, to draw the audience back to a future episode for the resolution.
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and many more :D
(c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_technique#Annotated_list_of_literary_techniques
add: p.s u can check this out too. http://literary-devices.com/

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