ENG LIT TECHNIQUES

ENG LIT TECHNIQUES

1. alliteration

2. assonance

3. colloquial

4. dialect

5. dialogue

6. enjambment

   • sentence continues beyond line/verse

7. hyperbole

   • exaggeration  

8. imagery

9. irony

10. metaphor

11. monologue

12. onomatopoeia

13. oxymoron

    • 2 words that aren't usually associated are put together e.g. bitter sweet 

14. pathos

    • language that provokes feelings of pity or sorrow

15. personification

    • attributing a human quality to a thing

16. repetition

    • repetition of a word of phrase to achieve a desired effect

17. rhyme

18. rhythm

19. simile

20. symbolism

21. tone

22. lexis

23. synesthesia

    • appeals to more than one sense at a given time

24. cliche

    • overused expression that's lost its original meaning

25. pathetic fallacy

    • attributes human qualities to inanimate parts of nature e.g. the weather

26. consonance

    • Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase