literary techniques

• allegory


  story with a double meaning -> one primary, one secondary
• cliché


  an overused expression
• didactic


  a text that delivers a moral message
• ellipsis


  a dramatic pause (...)
• euphemism


  mild expression used to replace a harsh one
• intertextuality


  making reference to other texts
• modality


  the force in which words are delivered - high modality=harsh, low modality=gentle
• allusion


  a brief reference to something e.g. a place or person
• anachronism


  something that is out of place in a particular time period
• archetype


  when something is the perfect example of something else
• assonance


  similar vowel sounds
• cacophony


  a harsh combination of sounds
• catharsis


  the process of releasing strong or repressed emotions