Literary Techniques
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- Creative License
- Exaggeration or alteration of facts or reality, for thepurpose of enhancing meaning in a fictional context.
- Figurative Language
- Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves, there are many techniques which can rightly be called figurative language
- flashback
- A scene that interrupts the present action to describe an event that took place at an earlier time.
- Anthropomorphism
- Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in astory as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legsfacial features, human locomotion or other forms.
- alliteration
- The repetition of consonant sounds within close proximity,usually in consecutive words within the same sentence or line.
- hyperbole
- A description which exaggerates, usually employing extremes and/or superlatives to convey a positive or negative attribute; "hype."
- Personification
- Where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are seemingly endowed with human self-awareness; where human thoughts, actions, perceptions, and emotions are human thoughts, actions, perceptions, and emotions are
- Characterization
- The author's means of conveying to the reader character's personality, life history, values, physical attributes, etc.
- Blank Verse
- Non-rhyming poetry
- Simile
- An indirect relationship where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Usually contains the words "like" or "as".
- Dialogue
- Where characters speak to one another; may often be used to substitute for exposition.
- oxymoron
- A contradiction in terms.
- foreshadowing
- Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen.
- exposition
- Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something, usually to provide important background information.
- onomatopoeia
- Where sounds are spelled out as words; or, when words describing sounds actually sound like the sounds they describe.
- imagery
- Language which describes something in detail, using words to create sensory stimulation, including visual imagery and sound imagery.
- Dramatic Irony
- Where the audience or reader is aware of something important, of which the characters in the story are not aware.
- irony
- A contrast between what is expected and what actually is or happens.