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Title: Identifying Techniques
Post by: david.ko3 on April 29, 2019, 10:12:48 am
Hi!
I always have a hard time trying to identifying techniques and stayed with English Advanced only because of scaling. How do I get better at looking at a sentence and figuring out a technique? Thanks  :)
Title: Re: Identifying Techniques
Post by: avocadinq on April 29, 2019, 11:12:25 am
Quote from: david.ko3 on April 29, 2019, 10:12:48 am
Hi!
I always have a hard time trying to identifying techniques and stayed with English Advanced only because of scaling. How do I get better at looking at a sentence and figuring out a technique? Thanks  :)

Finding techniques in a sentence is a thing that develops with practice. It's a case of learning what the techniques are eg. motif - reoccuring idea throughout a specific text, practicing identifying techniques consistently with different texts and if necessary, getting feedback from your teachers about your analysis. There's a really good list of literary, visual and film techniques on the Matrix website https://www.matrix.edu.au/essential-guide-english-techniques/the-literary-techniques-toolkit/ to help you get started!

Hope this helps,
- avocadinq
Title: Re: Identifying Techniques
Post by: Pearlmilktea on April 29, 2019, 05:28:58 pm
Wow the list above is literally so helpful I'll definitely check it out :)

To build on the above point, I usually have a fall back list of techniques that can be generally applied to texts.
For example:

Those are some examples I use :) Hope that helps!