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Literary techniques.  

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Words create mood and context, and for this purpose old-sounding, old-fashioned Imagery is the content of thought where attention is directed to sensory qualities - i.e. mental images, figures of speech and embodiments of non-discursive truth. Metaphor commonly means saying one thing while intending another, making implicit comparisons between things linked by a common feature, perhaps even violating semantic rules. alliteration, assonance, euphony, rhyme, pararhyme, onomatopoeia, repetition and tone colour. The opening of a narrative is important because it usually sets the scene and gives clues as to what the story will be about. Openings are important because they need to grab the audience's attention. People may walk out or turn over if the film has a bad opening or a slow one. The opening is the narrative hook to get the audience to stay and watch. The opening of a text is usually defines as more than the first paragraph but even in such a...

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