Elements and
Techniques
Identification
Analysis
Theme
Narrative Structure
Distinctive Voice,
Style, and Intimate
Point of View
Detail and Description
Scene and Summary
Techniques of Fiction
Poetic DevicesFigurative Language
Personal Reflection
Word Choice / Diction
Sentence Variety
(Length and structure)
Lyrical Languag
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Identification
Theme identification is one of the most fundamental tasks in qualitative research. It also is one of the most mysterious. Explicit descriptions of theme discovery are rarely found in articles and reports, and when they are, they are often relegated to appendi- ces or footnotes.
Analysis
A literary theme analysis will synthesize several elements within a work and prove an overall message with those elements. Theme can be discovered only by becoming aware of the relations among the parts of a story and of the relations of the parts to a whole: Characters: What kind of people does the story deal with?