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Eng. Techniques
Common Literary & Rhetorical Techniques 3R- 2025
| Technique | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | A reference to a myth, an important event, another literary work, a famous person, or place of historical importance. |
| Anecdote | A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |
| Characterization | How someone in a story is portrayed (physically and by their personality.) |
| Conflict | A problem that causes tension in a story (could be internal or external). |
| Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal definition (i.e., “denotation”) |
| Ethos | An appeal to the credibility of the speaker. (ie. English teacher speaking at a panel about being an English teacher for 20 yrs--> gives more credibility) |
| Foreshadowing | A hint to the reader, which may or may not be obvious during a first reading, about the general direction of the plot. |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration used to make a point. |
| Imagery | Writing that appeals to the 5 senses: sight, sound, touch, feeling, taste |
| Logos | An appeal to logic. (using facts, statistics to persuade the reader) |
| Metaphor | When you compare something to something else, not using the words "like" or "as". |
| Mood | The "feeling" of the story (not "your" feeling.) |
| Pathos | An appeal to the emotions of the reader. |
| Plot | The events of the story (what happens concretely). |
| Point of View | The perspective from which the narrator tells the story (could be first, second, third) (first "I went to school", second "you're walking down the hallway and you open the door," third "Lenny was always getting in trouble and George had to bail him out." |
| Repetition | Saying the same thing more than once or using the same sound or sentence structure over and over again. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place. |
| Simile | When you compare something to something else using the words "like" or "as". |
| Situational Irony | When you expect one thing, but get the opposite. (A dramatic reversal of expectations.) (a place that rains only one day a year and you're there on vacation) |
| Symbolism | The use of an object to represent an abstract idea. (A peace sign- represents a deeper meaning) |
| Theme | The main idea of the story (what it's about abstractly). |
| Verbal Irony | When you say something, but mean the opposite (sarcasm). |
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