How to Write a Summary & Review

Essay on an Article
Step 1
Take notes as you read the article. Jot down any questions you may have as you read,
and if those questions are answered. Write down your reactions to certain areas of the
article and any major issues the article covers.

Step 2
Develop an overall opinion of the article. If you feel the article is informative, take notes
on how this is accomplished. If you feel the article did not fully cover both sides of an
issue, explain where the article failed to do so. Point out what you liked about the article,
what you didn’t like, and why.

Step 3
Write a brief summary of the article. A summary is a paragraph telling readers, in your
own words, what the article is about. Share the article’s main ideas. Write it as though
you were telling a friend about this article. Remember the 5 Ws and H: who, what, where,
when, why and how.

Step 4
Study your notes to write your review. Ask yourself what your main idea is after reading
the article. Quote the article in order to support your conclusions. If you disagree with
what the article has covered, share excerpts from the article and state why. Support
your disagreement with a solid reason, such as personal experience or information from
other published works such as a book.

Step 5
Compose your conclusion. Your conclusion must briefly touch on what you addressed
in your summary and your overall opinion of the article. This part of your essay must
show your reason for writing the review in the first place. Share your opinion of if the
author has successfully written the kind of article she sat out to write. Include your
reasons for why you feel this way.
Literary techniques can be found in a poem, story, and novel or assignment to help in
understanding the objective of the plot.  Techniques and methodologies implemented
by the writers as an endeavor. It helps in turning the reader to think differently.
These techniques used to inspire, intrigue, influence, or just transfer information to the
audience. Literary techniques are the things that a writer applied to his/her story to
structure the theme on which they are concentrating.

These techniques used to inspire, intrigue, influence, or just transfer information to the
audience. Literary techniques are the things that a writer applied to his/her story to
structure the theme on which they are concentrating.

WHAT ARE LITERARY TECHNIQUES?

Literary techniques are the sort of practices in a literary form that used by poets. And
also writers incorporate an intriguing meaning to turn the story or poem more
interesting.

These techniques give the audience a great level of meaning with impressive
understanding. The literary components used in narrative literature, speeches, poetry, or
any other type of writing.
Basic examples of Literary techniques are alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, and imagery.
TYPES OF LITERARY TECHNIQUES –
Allegory
Allegory is a technique that is in the character of any place or occasion have included.
To deliver a more extensive message about this present reality and issues identified with
it.
The utilization of allegory has found in a wide range of art. Since Allegory has the nature
of passing on messages without any problem. It can make unpredictable content
justifiable. Because of understandable or striking to its watchers, readers, or listeners.
This the main motivation to utilize. other than this allegory utilized for symbolic figures,
activities, imagery, or occasions. It makes the ethical, profound, or political importance
which the creator needs to tell.
Moral stories additionally use personification but not constantly.
Alliteration
Alliteration is the redundancy happening of consonant sounds in progressive or firmly
related syllables. This technique utilized for linking words to make a wonderful impact
on the content.
Alliteration is additionally called an underlying mood or head rhyme. Some literary
experts guarantee that alliteration can likewise occur with vowel sounds.
Analogy
The analogy is a sort of literary technique where the formation of connections. That
centered around equals or associations which are in the middle of two thoughts.
A know and natural idea built up through this relationship. By presenting another
thought in the middle of the recognizable examination.
Archetype
With regards to writing, archetypes related to an overall character, activity, circumstance,
place. This nearly the equivalent in everybody’s (people) cognizance.
Archetypes speak to an “All-inclusive symbol,” which can be characters, subjects,
symbols, setting, or whatever else.
Archetypes are likewise made when they over and again spoke to in the equivalent
ordinary manner in culture. This builds up a shape, work, conduct of the component in
people.
Bibliomancy
Bibliomancy is a literary technique. That began from the good book. Also, it
recommends an act of linking the plot of writing to the scriptural source. It is
fundamentally the same as what recommended by its name.
Essentially, the occasion or plot of the storyline related to scriptural groups of the Bible.
There is an irregular determination where the fundamental scriptural entry. It has utilized
as the establishment stone for the plotline.
Even though bibliomancy isn’t simply Bible based writings. But this additionally includes
Bible motivated writings.
Bildungsroman
Bildungsroman is a unique sort of writing which has its centered around the mental and
good development of the hero starting from early on to adulthood.
During this period Bildungsroman gives the hero a development of a delicate individual.
That is continually discovering answers to his questions and issues in life.
For the most part, the hero has confronted an enthusiastic aggravation toward the start
of the novel. The excursion at that point starts when the hero chooses to leave to fill in a
vacuum.
This excursion helps the hero to increase the nature of development which further helps
him/her in battling the issues of his/her life.
At long last, everything closes well, and the general public acknowledges them. This
brings about completing the disappointment. Such kind of novels is additionally called a
“transitioning” novel.
Cacophony
Cacophony is a literary technique. And it has utilized for consolidating or joining words
that have boisterous, brutal sounds in genuine just as in writing.
Such sounds have consolidated for harsh and unharmonious just as uproarious. Jarry
idyllic impact on writing. Something contrary to melodiousness is a cacophony.
Where musicality is a beautiful sweet solid that happened through words.
Connotation
A connotation is a usually utilized literary technique for the social or passionate
association with a similar word or expression. It is likewise conveying unequivocal or
exacting significance. This is additionally called denotation.
Connotations have utilized for depicting both positive and negative things. Along with
the intention of both satisfying and disappointing with the passionate association.
Denotation
Denotation is ordinarily characterized as a word. It has utilized as an inverse for
connotation or something contrary to related words (implications).
For example, the exacting importance of pigeon is a winged creature that is white but in
writing. The bird is a symbol of harmony.
Epilogue
Epilogs are a basic segment of any writing whether it is a story or a poem. Epilogs have
worked to give a structure to the writing. The epilogs are the final words or the
conclusion after each part or after the closure.
Epilog helps us comprehend writing better by giving insights into the fascinating
advancement of the plot. Epilogs ordinarily additionally develop like a taser or trailer. To
the following continuation of writing which can have made in later timer.
Epithet
The utilization of Epithet, this technique has made for the descriptive technique. This is
commonly utilized for adding to some individual or place’s standard name. That has the
characteristics of some exceptional quality in the equivalent.
Epithets are exceptional as they become a segment of normal speech during the time.
These words and expressions which are descriptive have been utilized. To improve the
persona of genuine and imaginary places, items, people, and divinities.
Faulty Parallelism
The word ‘parallelism writing used to interface with the strategy for assembling
similitudes in a structure. It has identified with expressions, words, or statements.
The parallelism here fuses the privilege of putting the sentence in a configuration. And,
it is equal in syntax methods. This is a kind of arrangement where things recorded on
the whole. And there are some action word structures which has recorded together and
so forth.
If one neglects to follow this structure (equal Structure). At that point, this further
outcome is faulty parallelism. This implies faulty parallelism alludes to the inability. To
keep up a parity in linguistic structures.
Flashback
A flashback is a kind of literary technique where the writer portrays and an occurrence of
specific occasions in the writing. This incident has occurred before the present portrayal
or the flashbacks and events. That has occurred before the vents which are as of now
opening up in the writing.

Hyperbole
Hyperboles also utilized by the creator for a specific arrangement of words and
expressions. It helps in overstating and overemphasizing the essential essence of a
record. So, more fantastic can have created with no recognizable change or impact.
The point of Hyperbole is to build up a bigger – than life impact. And make a point that
produces excruciating pressure.
Imager
In the class of writing, Imagery also viewed as the most grounded technique among all.
This has utilized where the writer utilizes words in his writing to paint an image in the
reader’s psyche.
The imagery makes mental pictures ‘ it essentially helps the reader to imagine the
writing in genuine. This is for the most part done by utilizing suggestions, metaphors,
descriptive words, similes.
All the literary techniques help in pricking the reader to know about the tactile
components engaged with messages.
Imagery is even though not simply constrained to visuals. It additionally alludes to the
touching of the sensation, olfactory, material, gustatory, warm, and hear-able sensations
as well.
Internal Rhyme
This is the part of writing where the strategy for framing a rhyme finished by just a
single solitary line of section. Internal Rhyme is a literary technique and has found as an
internal rhyme.
The purpose behind this identification is that Internal Rhymes has made in the center
out of a line. To rhyme with the part toward the finish of the comparative metrical line.
Irony
The irony is a renowned literary technique in writing and also known for playing with
words. The act of Irony has done when the importance suggested in a sentence or word
gets different from the real significance.
The irony has made to allude to the large difference in the genuine circumstance and
what is by and large forward analyzed.
Accordingly, the circumstance of the setting helps better in understanding the genuine,
profound importance of words placed in the content.
Malapropism
Malapropism is a part of writing which prompts the use of subbing words. That has
comparative elocution but different implications.
There are ordinarily off-base implications reflected in the content. It further makes a
circumstance of disarray, misjudging just as beguilement.
Motif
The motif can be any component, thought subject, or even idea. It has utilized
consistently to introduce a result all through the whole body of writing.
The utilization of a motif is fundamentally a reiteration of a specific topic that works in
commanding the literary work.
Motifs is effectively as they exceptionally fundamental job in interfacing the idea of the
story. The course of issues inside it with the very texture of the literary piece.
Metaphor
Metaphors are the literary technique that has utilized the most to signify a significance
or personality endorsed to one course differently.
A course of the subject has referenced as another subject to draw likenesses,
examinations and talk about shared qualities between the two.
Onomatopoeia
This technique ‘onomatopoeia’ attributes to terms whose sound is fundamentally the
same. As the sound which utilized to speak to what they have implied.
In simple words, it recommends the sound words who are having elocution like the real
stable they portray.
Oxymoron
Oxymoron is a significant literary technique that helps the writer in working out
differentiating ideas together in a way and bodes well toward the end.
Even though it turns into somewhat bizarre and is additionally somewhat difficult to
complete.
Oxymorons are agreeable while reading as it helps with increasing a profound
significance of truth composed. But through different boulevards. Writers additionally
investigate different layers of semantics while writing oxymorons.
Paradox
Paradox utilizes ideas or thoughts which are different and clashing with one another. But
at whatever point they have placed together, they create significant qualities on
different levels.
The motivation behind the paradox lies in the more profound degree of significance.
One can’t uncover the significance of paradox at one go. But when crystallization has
done it gives a phenomenal insight to the readers.
Personification
Personification is generally known for the act of connecting human characteristics to
non-living articles or lifeless things, marvels, and creatures.
Puns
They are truly great techniques utilized in a way to create at least two implications with
a solitary word. Puns are also utilized to make humor, wryness, irony, and suggest
implications with comparable sound words.
The fundamental reason for a pin is to cause the reader to have a help second while he
is finding two implications.
Rhyme Scheme
The rhyme scheme is the use of rhyming sounds situated toward the finish of the lines in
the verse. Even though in a portion of the exposition we can locate this literary
technique. The rhyme scheme is the framework wherein specific words rhyme.

Satire
The literary technique satire has utilized in writing to rehearse the strategy for ridiculing
human frailties, shortcomings, or character defects in the writing.
Satires have utilized out of comprehensive choices or necessities of amending and
improving the character while accepting an exchange of satire.
In simple words, writers utilize satire to build up humor to engage readers. It helps to
engage them by entertaining them to determine a response to scorn from the reader.
Simile
Similes are one of the most by and large utilized literary techniques for alluding to the
custom of painting equals. And correlations between two, not all those related things,
individuals, creatures, places, and ideas different disconnected and unique things.
Utilizing similes, a huge degree of correlation appended to a customary sentence. The
writer causes the reader to better comprehend the idea of text to a serious extent.
Similes are regularly utilized which terms like” as” or “like”.
Symbol
Symbols are the literary technique that has a lot of different importance covered up in a
word or expression. These implications have reflected in the exacting interpretation. And
the reader must comprehend by reading between the lines.
Symbols are generally indicated with an item or activity to mirror the shrouded exacting
importance.
Syntax
Syntax signifies the procedure where terms and sentences placed together.
Routinely, in the English jargon, the syntax ought to follow an example of the subject-
action word object understanding. The writers avoid around to get an expressive,
cadenced, way of talking or questioning impact.

1. What is an example of a literary technique?

Metaphor is an example of a literary technique. This can be found easily almost any
form of literature.

2. How do you identify literary techniques?

The easiest way to identify a literary technique in a piece of writing is to read it and
understand whether a word/phase enhances tone of the writing or conveys a more
detailed meaning of the text.

3. What are the 7 literary elements?

7 elements of a successful literature (especially fiction) are Character, Plot, Setting,
Point-of-view, Style, Theme, and Literary devices.