The Technique Toolkit: Naming a Technique and Explaining Its Effect

What this note covers

1. The technique, effect, meaning chain
2. Imagery and figurative language
3. Sound, structure and sentence-level choices
4. Voice, tone, point of view and modality
5. Rhetorical and persuasive techniques in nonfiction
6. Choosing the right evidence and quoting well
7. Avoiding technique-spotting: a worked short answer

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes