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Trying to identify literary techniques? Check out our complete list of literary devices and get tips on how to spot and analyze them.
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In Higher English revise language techniques such as figures of speech, sentence structure, tone and word choice, which are used to convey meaning.
Textual Analysis Examples. We’ve walked you through a step-by-step guide to analysing English texts, including understanding the plot, identifying themes, and choosing examples and techniques. Apply these to your English texts and you’ll be acing your analysis in no time!
Level is important here. The context - through visuals, mime, realia or brief anecdotes, through a text, through a dialogue, or through a task. Checking understanding - concept questions and time lines where appropriate. Drilling the target language - what kind of drills to use, and how much is necessary.
Your go-to reference list of literary techniques and what they are for the HSC. Learn the techniques used in texts to express artistic meaning through the use of language. Find detailed explanations of essential literary techniques complete with relevant examples.
In this Part of our Beginner’s Guide to Acing HSC English, we will give you a thorough explanation of textual analysis and how to read your texts and walk you through a step-by-step process for creating flawless and insightful notes.
Struggling to identify let alone explain the effects of different English literary techniques? Luckily for you, we’ve created the ultimate HSC English Literary Techniques Cheat Sheet that features all the Big Bads of literary devices, along with definitions and examples of each one.