HG Wells - The War Of The Worlds

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HG Wells - The War Of The Worlds

HG Wells uses literacy techniques in The War Of The Worlds to add tension and create a better more frightening atmosphere. He uses four main types of literacy techniques that are:

* Juxtaposition

* Pathetic fallacy

* Omniscient viewpoint

* And cliffhangers

The meaning of these are as followed:

* Juxtaposition - this is where two completely different facts are put next to each other to make a comparison that stands out clearly and completely changes the atmosphere.

* Pathetic fallacy - this is where the weather matches the mood of some one.

* Omniscient viewpoint - the author and the reader knows what is going to happen but the character does not.

* Cliffhanger - this means main things 1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense. 2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode. 3. A contest so closely matched that the outcome is uncertain until the end.

Examples of these four techniques are found in the HG Wells The War Of The Worlds. The examples I picked out especially