Stylistic and Literary Technique in Literature Introduction Stylistics is a branch of applied linguistics concerned with the study of style in books, primarily, but not exclusively, in literary works. Also called literary linguistics, stylistics focuses on the figures, tropes, and other rhetorical devices used to provide variety and a distinctness to someone’s writing. Literary techniques are specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning. An author’s use of a literary technology usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a text. Literary techniques could also be defined as the way language is used to add more beauty to work. Literary techniques are also

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