TeenageTells- Challenge!

This week I want to challenge you to leave your comfort zone and try to include different writing techniques for every letter of the alphabet. For example, in a poem, choose 2/3 you want, or in a book, include as many as you can.

It's fun to try to think of your own! It's a great challenge in itself, and finding the techniques themselves will stretch your knowledge and improve it.

Before you scroll down and look at the techniques, try to find some on your own.

Alliteration- the occurence of the same letter or sound at the begining of adjacent or closely connected words. Bathos- (especially in literary works) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous. Caesura- (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words with a metrical foot. (in modern verse) a pause (a full stop, comma, etc) near the middle of a line. Dramatic irony- a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the charcater. Emotive language- the deliberate choice of words to influence or to elicit emotion. Foreshadowing- be a warning or indication of indication of (a future event). Gustatory imagery- the author's use of language to represent experienzces or sensations of taste. Hypophora- (AKA anthypophora or antipophora) is a figure of speech in which a speaker poses a question and then answers the question. Imagery- visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in literary work. Juxtaposition- the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Kenning- a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g. oar-steed= ship, book-worm= book lover, whale's road= sea. List of three- (AKA ternion, threesome, triad) a collection of three words, phrases, sentences, lines, paragraphs/stanzas, chapters/sections of writing, or even whole books. Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Narration- the act of giving a spoken or written account of something. (You have a narrator, too, who is someone who tells the story, e.g. the main character.) Onomatopoeia- the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (cuckoo, sizzle, bang, crash, boom). Personification- the attibution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in a human form. Questions (rhetorical)- a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. Repetition- the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. Simile- a figure of speech involving a comparison of one thing with another thing of a different king, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Trochaic- consisting of or featuring trochees (a foot consisting of one long/stressed syllable followed by one short of unstressed syllable). e.g. GAR-den, PO-et, RUN-ning. Universal character- A character that symbolises well-known meanings with basic human experiences, regardless of when or where they live. (e.g, hero, villain, dreamer.) Volta- a turn, most commonly used to refer to a shift in a poem's tone, argument or persepctive. World-building- the act of creating an imaginary world in a book, film, computer game, etc, so that it appears to be real. Zoomorphism- the representation of a god or human by an animal or an attribute to animal characteristics to a person, object or idea. Especially using animal forms in qualities in art, literature and symbolism. (personification, but for animals)