<p>I have taken a few AP Literature practice essays and they always have “technique” in the prompt. What I’m confused about is what they are asking. They sometimes specify that it wants “literary techniques” but sometimes it is just “techniques”. What do just “techniques” mean?</p>
<p>Wiki is your friend
[Literary</a> technique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_technique]Literary”>List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia)</p>