Writers use different techniques to write stories and reports. Look over the following writing techniques and then experiment with some of them in your writing.
Allusion
| A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with.
My dog jumped like Spiderman and rescued the cat from the burning apartment.
| Antithesis
| Antithesis means "exact opposite". In writing, it usually means using opposite ideas in the same thought or sentence.
He decided to finish his chores before his chores " finished" him.
| Exaggeration
| An overstatement or stretching of the truth used to emphasize a point or paint a clearer picture. (See hyperbole and overstatement.)
I've eaten so much that I could explode.
| Flashback
| A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain earlier event.
| Foreshadowing
| Hints or clues that a writer uses to suggest what will happen next in a story.
| Hyperbole
| An extreme exaggeration or overstatement that a writer uses for emphasis.(similar to exaggeration and overstatement.)
My mother exploded when she saw the damage on her car.
| Irony
| when an author says one thing and means something else.
When someone does something wrong and you say "your mother will be happy to hear what you have done now..."
| Metaphor
| A figure of speech that compares two things without using the word like or as.
Computers are the vehicles of the future.
| Overstatement
| An exaggeration or stretching of the truth. ( See exaggeration and hyperbole.)
They screamed until their eyes bugged out.
| Oxymoron
| A technique in which two words with opposite meanings are put together for a special effect.
bittersweet, old news, small fortune
| Paradox
| A statement that is true but that seems to be saying two opposite things.
The more free time you have, the less you get done.
| Personification
| A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing ( an idea, animal, or object ) is given human characteristics
The dog was saying goodbye to its owner.
| Sarcasm
| The use of praise to make fun of, or " put down" someone or something. The praise is not sincere and is actually intended to mean the opposite thing.
using "that's fantastic" to mean "that's awful"
| Satire
| Using sarcasm, irony, or humor to make fun of people's habits or ideas. Satire is often used to raise questions about current event or political decision.(See sarcasm and irony.)
| Simile
| A figure of speech that compares two things, using the word like or as.
you are as cold as arefrigerator.
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