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[AGB]

can sum1 please help me with this......when a question says 'how has your understanding been enhanced by the techniques blah blah blah' what are the techniques??

i hav always got questions like this and never known how to answer them.....

 

[Huy]

Thank Lazarus.

Frontpage of BOS -> English (Advanced) -> General

Techniques
http://www.boredofstudies.org/other/2002_English_N_Techniques_Laz.pdf

There are plenty of techniques, quotes and summaries available, just get them off the main site.

www.boredofstudies.org

Also, get a hold of some Technique lists, such as those found in English (years 8/9) textbooks. Because this should have been learnt by Year 10 (and mastered by Year 10).

Knowing how to identify techniques, their purpose, and how to write essays (structuring, layout, scaffolding).

Not having a go at you, but ask your teacher if you need help, and ask for a glossary of English techniques and terms. Most of them should have examples of techniques and an explanation of their purpose.

 

[AGB]

ok i read all of those....but i dont really think they are that significant??????? i thought it would, say for shakespeare, be something along the lines of character development or something similar.......

 

[MissSavage29]

Originally posted by AGB
ok i read all of those....but i dont really think they are that significant??????? i thought it would, say for shakespeare, be something along the lines of character development or something similar.......

I think i know what you mean. We've got an essay coming up which focusses on how teh texts studied have changed ur understanding of teh journey ( a favourite essay question of teh english department) and they advise you look at the techniques they use to do this - but using things like similies, metaphors etc does not seem very sophisticated.

ummm ususally i look at themes and issues that the texts raised adn how teh author has composed these. But it depends on the texts you use. I'm doing poetry so i think that more of this will look at proper techniques and hopefully sound okay.
The best way i would see doing it is to look at themes and argue a point using techniques and quotations to back these arguments up. And using those techniques of Lazuras' that Huy posted. but as i said it really depends on teh type of text that you are studying. If your doing a film it is alot different to a poem

 

[Toodulu]

a question like that just basically tells you to analyse your text and extract meaning from it. very generic, the best sort of questions you could hope for

when talking about techniques, you should relate it to the genre. (visual, literary, film techniques etc.) identify the techniques used, and then talk about why and how it's been used. for example, if you're analysing a film, you could talk about how the close-up angle conveys the emotions of the character. ALWAYS relate your technique to the composer's purpose.

Originally posted by MissSavage29
but using things like similies, metaphors etc does not seem very sophisticated.

lol, they are very significant. simply arguing your point, you might as well be blabbering on about something or another. your quotes might back you up but no one really cares how much you can memorise from your text unless you analyse it and extract meaning from it. there really isn't such thing as a sophisticated and unsophisticated technique.. it's not about how many anaphoras and lipograms you can pull out of your arse, stick with what you know.

 

[iambored]

if they say 'how' you have to use techniques.
so maybe the technique of repititon emphasised to you that blah blah

or assonance (repitition of 's' sounds) showed you that the change(!!) was gentle and harmless

Originally posted by MissSavage29
ummm ususally i look at themes and issues that the texts raised adn how teh author has composed these. But it depends on the texts you use. I'm doing poetry so i think that more of this will look at proper techniques and hopefully sound okay.
The best way i would see doing it is to look at themes and argue a point using techniques and quotations to back these arguments up. And using those techniques of Lazuras' that Huy posted. but as i said it really depends on teh type of text that you are studying. If your doing a film it is alot different to a poem

u can do that

but make sure you talk about TECHNIQUES even if they don't seem important, you will slowly realise these techniques do in a sense work to shape your understanding