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am a bit confused about "techniques"

- are changes in the structure/style of writing "techniques"?
eg, say a book starts off very anecdotal, but as it progresses becomes more and more reflective.....is that a technique?

- whats the 'proper' name given the the listing device?
like: the accumulation of joy from the beautiful sunny day, the ice cream, the birds, and the breeze.

what exactly comes under techniques? are we just meant to look at "language" techniques?

& that too are language techniques meant to be in the context of a specific quote/paragraph/section of the text?

or are in the context of the text as a whole, and the overall language techniques it adopts
eg, the book "xyz" makes a noteable use of metaphors throughout the novel. this shows "blah blah" and an eg of this can be see when....[specific quote goes here]

apart from language techniques, what else is classified as a "technique" ?

 

[Teddy Lee]

yup changes in writing style are techniques. it reflects something about the tone, the mood etc

the listing device is called accretion.

by "language" techniques i guess you mean metaphors, similes, simplistic language right? what else is there.. there's structural techniques like syntax and it also depends on the text - like films need specific discussion of film techniques, like cuts and camera movts

"are language techniques meant to be in the context of a specific quote/paragraph/section of the text? or are in the context of the text as a whole, and the overall language techniques it adopts
eg, the book "xyz" makes a noteable use of metaphors throughout the novel. this shows "blah blah" and an eg of this can be see when....[specific quote goes here]"

- i think you cant be so general about techniques like that. i think specific techniques are used to reflect the present events within the text. e.g. rhetorical questions are used to reflect the confusion and loss of identity sally experiences before finding her place.

but then there are different techniques, like in poems where the structure and rhyming pattern do not change, where they can be generalised and related to the text as a whole.

hope that helps! and remember, with techniques its not enough to identify them, the most important thing is to explain what they contribute to the text. the good thing is, you can make them say what you want them to say, depends on your argument

 

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thnks teddy lee