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literary techniques
Scope note
Used by works of literature to produce a specific effect upon the reader.
Alternative terms
UF
↸
techniques of literature
Broader Terms
BT
↑
literary devices
More specific terms
NT3
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figures of speech
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NT4
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rhetorical figures of speech
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NT5
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antithesis (figures of speech)
NT5
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apostrophe (figures of speech)
NT5
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chiasmus
NT5
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epanalepsis
NT5
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oxymoron
NT5
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parallelism (rhetorical figure of speech)
NT5
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rhetorical questions
NT5
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zeugma
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NT6
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syllepsis
NT4
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tenor (figures of speech)
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NT5
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vehicle (figures of speech)
NT4
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tropes (figures of speech)
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NT5
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allegory
NT5
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hyperbole
NT5
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litotes
NT5
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metaphor
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NT6
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catachresis
NT6
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conceits (figures of speech)
NT6
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dead metaphor
NT6
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mixed metaphor
NT5
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metonymy
NT5
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periphrasis
NT5
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personification
NT5
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simile
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NT6
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analogy
NT5
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synechdoche
NT3
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imagery
NT3
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narrative strategies
NT3
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techniques of discourse
NT3
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techniques of language
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NT4
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accent (stress)
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NT5
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rhythm (techniques of language)
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NT6
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rhythm analysis (techniques of language)
NT4
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archaisms
NT4
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bathos
NT4
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colloquialism
NT4
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consonance
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NT5
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alliteration
NT5
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assonance
NT4
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dissonance
NT4
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enjambment
NT4
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formulaic speech
NT4
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gloss
NT4
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initial rhyme
NT4
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metre
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NT5
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metrical analysis
NT4
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onomatopeia
NT4
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rhyme
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NT5
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rhyme pattern
NT4
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scansion
NT4
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verse
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NT5
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versification
NT5
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versifying
NT3
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techniques of narration
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NT4
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figurative techniques of narration
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NT5
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allusion
NT5
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tone
NT5
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voice
NT4
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frame narratives
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NT5
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framing devices
NT4
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narrative patterns
NT3
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techniques of plot
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NT4
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anagnorisis
NT4
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catharsis
NT4
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closure
NT4
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peripeteia
NT3
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techniques of setting
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NT4
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tableau
NT3
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texture
Date of creation
26-Nov-2007
Accepted term
26-Nov-2007
Descendant terms
71
ARK
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More specific terms
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Alternative terms
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Related terms
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Notes
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