ENG | Literary Techniques

• Literary Techniques

  • Specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning
• Allusion

  • Used as a reference to another object outside the literary work.
  • May be historical, biblical, geographical, or may refer to characters, events, or places in other works
• Foreshadowing

  • Hints about events that will happen later in a narrative
• Idiom

  • Phrase or expression that has acquired a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning
• Irony

  • Emphasizes the difference between the way things are expected to be and the way they actually are
  • can also mean the difference between what might be expected
• Theme

  • Central topic or idea explored in a literary work
  • Can be about love, poverty, morality, etc.
• Tone

  • Attitude or approach of the author or characters that gives the general atmosphere created in the story
• Mood

  • Emotion or emotions provoked in the reader