Textual Techniques

[grimmo]

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Hey what about techniques found in Advertisments< like In Newspapers and Magazines... just wondering what features are found then. Thanking you! xx

[MzLebo]

n1 got notes on the peter skri......ki poems ? need them really bad pm me quick or any links u know thats got info on em ....plz help

[Persephone87]

Rhetorical questions
meter
mimics natural speech patterns
blank verse
PUNCTUATION
italics
diction
vowel sounds

[clerisy]

Originally posted by grimmo
Hey what about techniques found in Advertisments< like In Newspapers and Magazines... just wondering what features are found then. Thanking you! xx

Language features like puns, alliteration, simile, metaphor, first/second/third personetc
Visual features-- certain words may be in bold/italic/different colour/size, look at colours and pictures and also the layout of the text/pics/etc
Also consider broader things such as use/subversion of stereotypes, anecdotal info etc...

With ads, make sure you consider target demographic when analysing...

[Lorie]

just remember to relate the techiques to a theme in the text, to show the meaning of the techique.

[silvermoon]

other visual techniques:
vectors, line of sight, colour juxtaposition, superimposition, relation between graphics and text, 'pillaring' of text etc.
also, i guess u need 2 know techniques that are specific to each specific form of poetry - eg. volta for sonnet etc.
its probably also useful to know the proper terms for different rhythmic patterns - anapaest etc.

[*Pooja*]

oooh..how about sibilance? its like alliteration but it involves only the 's' sound - like in 'sun-scorched skins' (if that makes sense at all).

also ppl, when youre looking at visual texts with no words in them at all like in form of captions or something and u want to say something about the colours used, say there's only black, white and grey-scale colours used...does this have significance on the text? i know its too general and will understand if sum1 doesnt understand what im going on about.....

[lukebennett]

a good one which you can pluck from almost any text is *tone*.
A tone of........ is used to convey.......
tones of excitement, sadness, oppression, formal tone, urgent tone etc

[aditya]

its called area of study... journeys? heard of it... y are u talking about all this stuff... here ... im confused :S

[Seraph]

SYNTAX - how particular words are arranged in sentences

someone back me up here but i seriously think this is BROAD

e.g blood sweat tears

[Kitaiko]

I think syntax means the rules of a language. Eg programming languages have a syntax, so if a line doesnt make sense you get a syntax error.

[Managore]

For images:
lightness/darkness
contrast
direction/position
...yeah, just some ideas

[Seraph]

Originally Posted by Kitaiko

I think syntax means the rules of a language. Eg programming languages have a syntax, so if a line doesnt make sense you get a syntax error.

no no no not just syntactical entities that are unable to match data items in the particular programming language!!

SYNTAX is an english technique im sure of it

[DaRanjed]

If they want us to write a newspaper article do we have to draw columns?

[Ziff]

• Alliteration – repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
• Allusion – refer to or quote a powerful text/source that people already know
• Assonance – same but with vowels and not necessarily at the beginning of words
• Atmosphere – also known as mood/impression
• Attitude – ideas, opinions, assertions on matters
• Audience – who will respond (think not forced into it as we are)
• Bias – favouring one thing/person over another
• Cadence – inflection of the voice
• Colloquial – informal language, conversational, slang
• Compare/Contrast – look at more than one text and point out differences
• Connotations
• Consonance – as above, with consonants
• Context – background, situation etc
• Diction
• Effective – whether the text has worked (in terms of purpose/effect)
• Emotive language – appeals to emotions
• Enjambment – poetic device, when a sentence is continued on the next line with no pause (seen in Coleridge)
• Euphemism – a word or phrase substituting one which may be considered too direct e.g. “birds and bees” v. sex
• Facial expression
• Filming techniques

o Angles – up (superior), down (inferior), same (neutral)
o Body language
o CGI
o Cinematography
o Contrasts in colour
o Costume
o Editing/Transitions – cut (speed up), dissolve (dramatic pause), fade (major change), defocus (slows pace), wipe (certain genres)
o Framing – boundaries of the image incl. aspect ratio
o Lighting
o Mise-en-scene
o Montage
o Movement
o Sound Effects
o Timing
o Visual Effects

• Formal language – precise, correct, often harsh or impersonal
• Humour
• Hyperbole/minimisation – over exaggeration/understating
• Idiom – a style of expression peculiar grammatically and often identified with certain groups or languages e.g. English phrases such as “to keep tabs on”
• Impression conveyed – you ought to mention this, as in, what you feel is brought across by the composer
• Juxtaposition – placing two opposing things side by side, good for conflict
• Lists of three – three-part structures as in Lincoln’s speech, very memorable
• Metaphor – Implicit comparison though designating one thing as another e.g. “in a world of hurt” or “a sea of troubles”
• Objective/Subjective tone
• Onomatopoeia – *bang*
• Persuasive – how well the writer can change your views (propaganda)
• Punny headline
• Purpose – desired result
• Register – use of vocabulary for a particular purpose/to particular people
• Repetition/Parallel Sentence Structure – repeating the same phrase or words/particularly at the beginning of a number of sentences
• Rhetorical question – questions which are silently answered in the mind of the audience
• Rhythm/Rhyme – should be self evident
• Sensory imagery – Words which invoke images e.g. warm dusty trail etc
• Simile – A “like” or “as” statement comparing two essentially unlike things
• Speculate – engage in reasoning based on inconclusive evidence (i.e. BSing)
• Stanza – grouping of lines in a poem
• Structure – how is the argument set out? Is it logical? Stream-of-consciousness?
• Style – what are the distinguishing characteristics of the work?
• Symbolism – using an object or sentence to explain or represent something else
• Tone – attitude presented, choice of language