Defamiliarization: A literary technique that presents familiar things in unfamiliar ways, forcing the reader to see them anew.
How to apply it: Analyze how defamiliarization disrupts automatic perception and what new understanding the estranged perspective creates.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Longer Fiction or Drama II
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