Year 8 English Author's techniques and Literary devices

"Eyes scanning the class as if looking for prey"

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Device that interrupts the chronological order of the narrative to take a reader back in time

The way in which a story is narrated

"I dare say it'll be your business, Mr Loke. You can trust me on that."

A central idea or concept in a text

The arrangement of story elements

"Don't just bugger off to Westfield."

"In summer it was a sweatbox"

A word or expression that is commonplace in a specific language or location

Using “like” or “as” to compare two things and show a common quality between them

Device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story

Device that highlights and explains the details about a character in a story

When one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them

The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place

"It was beautiful - and wrong"