Welcome to a list of language techniques that is here to help you understand or explain different words that artists may use in your annotations.
Note: An astir (*) when used means it can be applied to all types of texts.
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"A"
Analogy
Anecdote
"B"
Bias *
"C"
Characterisation
Cliché
Comparison/Contrast *
Connotation and Denotation *
"D"
Description *
"E"
Effectiveness *
Euphemism
Exaggeration
"F"
Fact/Opinion *
"G"
Genre
"H"
Homophones
"I"
Imagery
Imply/Infer
Ironic Pictures
Irony
"J"
Jargon
"K"
"L"
Levels of usage/Register *
"M"
Mood *
"N"
"O"
Objective/Subjective *
Oxymoron
"P"
Pace *
Parenthetical
Point-Of-View *
P.O.V in Analysis
Pun
Purpose *
"Q"
"R"
Repetition
Rhetorical Questions
"S"
Sarcasm
Sentences *
Setting
Structure *
Style
Superlatives
Symbolism
"T"
Tautology
Tense
Themes/Issues *
Title *
Tone *
"U"
Understatement
"V"
"W"
Word Choice *
"X"
"Y"
"Z"