literary technique
collocation in Englishmeaningsofliteraryandtechnique
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literary
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us/ˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/
relating to literature (= written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk/tekˈniːk/us/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandtechniquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Upon its publication, reviewers noted the book for its unusualliterarytechniqueand style.
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It was one of the earliest films to employ theliterarytechniqueof the carnivalesque.
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It is a reference to theliterarytechniquein which a story begins in mid-action.
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Genres may be determined byliterarytechnique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length.
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In addition, it is viewed as an essential development in the stream-of-consciousnessliterarytechnique.
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Most reviews at the time of publication lauded both theliterarytechniqueand moral message of the novel.
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Literarytechniqueis distinguished from literary device, as military strategy is distinguished from military tactics.
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Our hope is that this collection will be useful to young writers, and to others interested inliterarytechnique.
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A contraryliterarytechniquemight include the apparent introduction of plot drift, only to later reveal a connection to the rest of the story.
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He began lacing his detective novels with short stories, biographies, and symbolic vignettes, aliterarytechniquethat recent mystery writers have copied and expanded.
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Theliterarytechniqueis distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction.
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Although this is a commonliterarytechnique, his conscious, explicit, and metafictional approach to the distinction between fact and fiction is a unique component of his writing style.
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Asturias makes early use of aliterarytechniquenow known as magic realism.
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The public face of chemistry was very closely tied to language, literary techniques and publication strategies.
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He often pauses the story to defend the historicity of a certain plot detail or to explain aliterarytechniquethat he is about to use.
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They were considered a new type ofliterarytechniquederived from classical rhetoric and imbued with such detail that they became a new form of art.
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Economic texts are determined not by their empirical referent but by the author's intention to persuade with the use of a set of conventional literary techniques.
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Seth created some controversy by presenting realistic fictional stories as if they had actually happened, not as a ploy to fool writers but as aliterarytechnique.
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While the short story is largely distinct from the novel, authors of both generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques.
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It reflected his concepts of aesthetics, and predated post-modern literary techniques in its unusual structure.
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