External Deviation
External deviation is a kind of foregrounding where the text producer breaks conventions or “rules” that people accept for the type of text they’re writing. They do this to draw attention to specific parts of their writing.
External deviation is a kind of foregrounding where the text producer breaks conventions or “rules” that people accept for the type of text they’re writing. They do this to draw attention to specific parts of their writing.
In English, foregrounding theory is when writers draw attention to parts of their text using language. It is a stylistic term connecting literature and linguistics.

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