Foregrounding
The technique of emphasising particular linguistic or stylistic features through deviation from norms, making them perceptually prominent and inviting reader attention to language itself.
Real World
Gerard Manley Hopkins' line 'The world is charged with the grandeur of God' foregrounds meaning through unusual syntax and the verb 'charged', pulling readers out of habitual reading and forcing attention onto each word.
Exam Focus
Always specify whether foregrounding is achieved through deviation (breaking a norm) or repetition (establishing a pattern), then link to authorial purpose.
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