Literary Techniques

Which technique is this?

When an author asks a question and immediately answers it.

• Rhetorical questions

• Criticise others' ideas

• hypophora

• parallel structure

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which technique is this?

Repeating words or phrases so that they stick in your audience’s mind.

• Groups of three

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Loaded language

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which technique is this?

Using all of your senses to describe something well, so the reader can visualize it.

• Imagery

• Exaggeration
• Figurative Language

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which technique is this?

Using questions that don’t need an answer to get the audience to think.

• Loaded language

• Rhetorical questions

• Criticise others' views

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is this an example of?

If I get one more homework task I am going to move to the moon!

• Metaphor

• Formal Tone

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is this an example of?

His Midas touch made his coworkers and friends jealous.

• Exaggeration

• Allusion

• Loaded Language

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is this an example of?

How would you feel is you had 2 hours of homework every night?

• Loaded Language

• Groups of Three

• Facts and Statistics

• Rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is this an example of?

...remember how it was to be at school, remember how it was at 11.

• Exaggeration

• Parallel structure

• Loaded Language

• Juxtapostion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The administration is reluctant to discuss that issue, as it would open a can of worms.

• Imagery

• Idiom

• hyperbold

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What technique is this?

When an author puts two contrasting ideas near each other

• sarcasm

• juxtaposition

• personification

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5