Textual Techniques

[juber]

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Juxtaposition

[Rahul]

its more important to know what is the reason for using these techniques, as underthesun mentioned before.

it can be different for each text/situation, but more often than not, you can model any explanation

[amyb]

Enjambment can also be used to add ambiguity to a particular sentence. For example, in Gwen Harwood's 'In the Park', the words 'too late' are broken off from the rest of the sentence. This creates a sense of ambiguity as the responder doesn't know if 'too late' is refering to the woman being able to change her life circumstances, or being 'too late' to change her love for the man, etc.
And yes, it is much more important to be able to correctly describe the grammatical/linguistic devices rather than label them. No marker can mark you down if you say "words that decribe or imitate a certain sound, such as 'ding'" instead of 'onomatopoeia'. You are still naming the device, but you must also say how the onomatopoiea affects the text.

[Skillo]

Another Technique:

Rhythm of the Poem...i.e. Iambic Tetrameter, Iambic Pentameter.

Purpose: Varies greatly, also depends upon interpretation.
I find it can support the conveying of the emotion the composer/subject/character is experiencing.

We're getting a bit specific now...

[PhiL]

What techniques would you say are used in speeches given. Like what techinques would George Bush use in speeches, or the "I have a dream speech"?

[MissSavage29]

Here are some techniques used in speeches;

-repetition
-emotion language
-1st person
-directly involing the audience
-tag line
-imagery
-rhetorical questions
-hand movements - gestures etc

if thats the sort of stuff you are refering to i can look at my notes inside cause they're are some more techinuqes in those

[PhiL]

Cheers
Thats the kinda stuff i meant. i think i get the general jyst of it now

[AGB]

Originally posted by PhiL
what techinques would George Bush use in speeches

rhetoric

lies haha

[kimmeh]

when writing a speech, take into account your audience. they are your most important goal. if you are not writing for the right uadience, then you will lose heaps of marks

[maatsby]

a visual text can be a movie or a comic strip i think. if its a movie you have to analyse things like the light and sound, camera angles, music, characterization, and basically say how they relate to the story or the theme (in this case journeys!). so i think thats about it. a comic strip can be analysed by looking at the different images, if there are people in the background that could suggest that they're of a lower class. i dunno.. its english, make something up!!

[Style Bonus]

By the way, modality is the level of assertion in writing.

High Modality:
"I saw a ghost"

Lower Modality:
"I think I saw a ghost"

Ridiculously low modality:
"I think I may have seen something that could have possibly been a ghost-like figure."

[chriz...]

arrgghh!! guys i hab this article which i'll post here soon...lists da techniques n their uses......will do soon!

[eling]

when analysing, u also have to take account of the punctuation of the text and explain their uses
eg ellipisis, exclamation, question( declarative or rhetorical) etc
level of language:formal, informal, colloquial
sentence structure:truncated, descriptive
type of sentence: periodic, balanced ..cant remeba
style, tone, sensory features (or sump): olfactory, oral, gustaory etc
also in ads consider the layout, graphics and language..they also use techniques such as name dropping (to associate themselves with somefing famous to make it sound beta)..theres' more but i cant remeba..i'll add more 2 diz site when i type out all the techniques for mah test

Originally posted by young_gurl
Text in Section 1

They could be anything ranging from:
-Lyrics to a song
-A cartoon
-A poem
-A web page
-A comic strip
-A transcript of a speech
-Part of a narrative�K.So be prepared!!

Skills in analyzing visual texts
��Body language, facial expressions and clothing of any people in the text
��Angles of perception high angles low angles long shots
��Framing of a graphic
��Lines of the text are they upright horizontal, circular, clear or confused?
��Any use of colour

Techniques in written texts

��Rhyme- either end rhyme or within line
��Alliteration-repetition of a consonant
��Assonance-repetition of a vowel sound
��Figures of speech- metaphors, similes, personification
��Composer��s tone mode created in the text
��Imagery and symbolism-repeated motifs images of light and colour
��Repetiton- often used in poems for emphasis

Prose Text

��eg newspaper, magazine, extracts from websites speeches tv radio.
�� does the writer use the first person, second or third person. Writing with (I0 engages the audiences and gives a personal touch
�� second person person refers to (you) can also involve the reader
�� the language, is it formal, colloquial, can engage person because it is friendly and personal
�� the tone displays writers feelings for subject, humorous, satirical, angry tone?
��humour �V is it used? Eg irony and satire to persuade the reader
�� Grammatical aspects such as length of sentences use of passive voice or the imperative mood and punctuation.
��Layout can aafect the article or web page, soze fonts, headlines and placement of graphics
Remember when you identify these features you must explain how they convey the writers messages about change

where do u get tat info? is it at the boardofstudies website?
fanx..this is a reallly good thread btw 2 whoeva that started it

[jimmik]

Originally posted by underthesun
Isn't knowing the purpose of techniques, for example what alliteration is for more important? I don't seem to know what alliteration is for other than emphasizing, or blah blah blah other than emphasizing...

or is english techniques are all for emphasizing?

yeh it's nice to have a list of textual techniques but it's useless if u cant describe wat effect it has. can somebody plz clear that up for me? i know how to identify wat but explaining the effect is difficult..i usually end up sayin it jus emphasises this n that..

[jimmik]

Originally posted by Rahul
its more important to know what is the reason for using these techniques, as underthesun mentioned before.

it can be different for each text/situation, but more often than not, you can model any explanation

care to help me and explain them plz?