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[unknown88]

Any tips? how can you find techniques in poems, long passages and in pictures etc? obviously l know how to find techniques, but any easy ways to identify them? thanks.

 

[Riproot]

I guess you just have to know what they are?

 

[fakermaker]

Visual techniques are pretty easy - tone, perspective, shape, colour, etc...

Textual techniques are even easier - remember your basic literacy skills (repetition, alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor).

The choice of words used is also important. If you see the word "me/my/I" (or any first person word) drag the shit out of that word. Its either a manifestation of the author's personal obsession, or a reflection of their anguish as a result of identifying them self with something else (chose based on the tone of the piece).

Similar, the use of the word "they" instead of actually naming the object/person is pretty interesting.

Colourful language = happy mood. If there is no language used to express an object, mention it...

I think english is mostly about bullshitting the marker into thinking you know something that everyone else thinks they know.

 

[HyperComplexxx]

THREAD HIJACK - do you read all through the long extracts ? or do you just skim, get a quick idea of what's it about and pick out the techniques?

 

[Riproot]

THREAD HIJACK - do you read all through the long extracts ? or do you just skim, get a quick idea of what's it about and pick out the techniques?

Read all of it.
That's why they give us 10 minutes reading time.

 

[unknown88]

Read all of it.
That's why they give us 10 minutes reading time.

+ 1, if you skim its hard to pick up the techniques.