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BroodrykL:
Hi, I'm struggling to identify what technique is used in this quote.
"he sees my eyes and I see his, and he blushes"
In returning my pass, the one with the peach-colored mustache
bends his head to try to get a look at my face. I raise my head a little,
to help him, and he sees my eyes and I see his, and he blushes.
angewina_naguen:
--- Quote from: anonymous_bean on May 09, 2021, 06:50:56 pm ---Hi this is my first time posting here.
My question is what is the difference between language features, narrative conventions and language techniques? I get confused if there is a difference and what are examples of language features. I feel they often overlap?
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Hey, anonymous_bean!
Hope this response isn't too delayed! With terminology like this, schools use them all interchangeably so it's hard to pinpoint an exact answer of which is which. These are just my thoughts based on my experience studying English in school myself :) Language features and techniques are essentially the same thing; they're what we formally might know as "literary devices." They are all the different methods composers employ in their writing such as personification, metaphor, simile, juxtaposition or onomatopoeia. Narrative conventions are features of storytelling, rather than language, and are typical characteristics that appear in stories including characters, setting, plot, structure and style. Regardless of what schools refer to them as, your goal is to locate textual evidence that can effectively support your arguments in extended responses. Once you have the examples, you analyse them based on what language features/techniques/narrative conventions they have and draw meaning from what they represent :D
--- Quote from: BroodrykL on May 20, 2021, 03:57:34 pm ---Hi, I'm struggling to identify what technique is used in this quote.
"he sees my eyes and I see his, and he blushes"
In returning my pass, the one with the peach-colored mustache
bends his head to try to get a look at my face. I raise my head a little,
to help him, and he sees my eyes and I see his, and he blushes.
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Hey, BroodrykL!
Welcome to the forums :D I would recommend using polysyndeton which is a type of cumulative listing where you have multiple conjunctions (in this case, "and") deployed to produce a chain of events and ideas. In this example, we see the characters develop a deeply intimate relationship through the connection created from polysyndeton. Whenever in doubt, you can also always fall back on first-person/third-person pronouns as techniques to discuss the meaningfulness of an experience to the individual and/or to others they interact with within the text :) Hope that helps!
Angelina ;D
anonymous_bean:
--- Quote from: angewina_naguen on May 21, 2021, 12:03:09 am ---Hey, anonymous_bean!
Hope this response isn't too delayed! With terminology like this, schools use them all interchangeably so it's hard to pinpoint an exact answer of which is which. These are just my thoughts based on my experience studying English in school myself :) Language features and techniques are essentially the same thing; they're what we formally might know as "literary devices." They are all the different methods composers employ in their writing such as personification, metaphor, simile, juxtaposition or onomatopoeia. Narrative conventions are features of storytelling, rather than language, and are typical characteristics that appear in stories including characters, setting, plot, structure and style. Regardless of what schools refer to them as, your goal is to locate textual evidence that can effectively support your arguments in extended responses. Once you have the examples, you analyse them based on what language features/techniques/narrative conventions they have and draw meaning from what they represent :D
Hey, BroodrykL!
Welcome to the forums :D I would recommend using polysyndeton which is a type of cumulative listing where you have multiple conjunctions (in this case, "and") deployed to produce a chain of events and ideas. In this example, we see the characters develop a deeply intimate relationship through the connection created from polysyndeton. Whenever in doubt, you can also always fall back on first-person/third-person pronouns as techniques to discuss the meaningfulness of an experience to the individual and/or to others they interact with within the text :) Hope that helps!
Angelina ;D
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Hi thanks for your reply. I’m still a bit confused because I thought language features were features unique to a type of text eg. Persuasive essay. While language techniques were things like metaphors? Or is this thinking wrong? I sometimes get questions asking one or the other. And I get confused what I could talk about. like I don’t know where things like figurative, descriptive language would fit under?
anonymous_bean:
Hi I was working on a practise essay question for our exam. The question was “how language choices communicate narrative point of view”. We were told to read an extract from The Escape from Rabbit proof fence. I wrote about how adjectives were used to communicate that the novel was in third person omniscient, however when I showed my teacher she said my approach was wrong. She talked about how omniscient third person knows everything, that the setting was isolated and sparse and that contributed to their fear and anxiety in the setting? I don’t understand how that communicates third person point of view So any advice on how to approach this question would be greatly appreciated!
I.09:
Hey Guys,
I have been really struggling to write a description of a farm/crop landscape with long tilled crops.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
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