Literary techniques

These are the most common literary tools. They are useful both when you need to analyze or interpret text and when you are creating your own text.

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Literary techniques

When working with language, it’s exciting to find new ways to use it, especially when it comes to writing. There are many different tools and techniques that you can use to improve your writing. Their use makes it more fun for you to write and for your audience to read. Using these tools in your writing can improve any text you create.

These skills need to be practiced just like everything else. Few people become expert writers overnight. This presentation will show you some of the most common linguistic techniques and how using them makes writing much more fun!

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Fargeblyanter i en sort kopp, og en skriveblokk med en blyant liggende oppå.

1. Allusion

In literary terms, an allusion is the technique of making a short reference to a well-known text in popular culture to add more meaning to your writing. You may for example write a story about a girl with a red cloak and allude to the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. Another example could be drafting the Ten Commandments for Surviving Middle School drawing on the Ten Commandments in the Bible.

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En stor mørk ulv og ei lita jente med røde klær og kurv.

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