ENGLISH- LITERARY DEVICES Flashcards
LITERARY DEVICES
inversion of the usual order of words for emphasis or poetic effect
balihon ang SVO murag karaniwang ayos
‘Powerful you have become; the dark side I sense in you.”
naay semicolon or comma (; and ,)
ANASTROPHE
placing 2 or more ideas, characters or setting side by side to highlight differences or create contrast
naay “and” opposite words
Sweet and Sour
Night and day
Good and evil
Justice and revenge
War and peace
Humanity and technology
Vice and virtue
Family and outsider
JUXTAPOSITION
non human entities are DESCRIBED with human characteristics
PERSONIFICATION
an error in chronology where a person or thing placed in the wrong timeline
wrong use of objects or anything in a wrong time
ANACHRONISM
knowledge of what will happen in the story
ex. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the most famous examples of flash forward being prominently used in a storyline. Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come which shows Scrooge what his future is going to look like unless he changes his ways.
FLASHFORWARD
choice of words and style of expression
types of diction: Archaic diction, Formal diction, Colloquial diction, Poetic diction, Concrete diction, Abstract diction, slang
DICTION
recurring element, theme or idea in a literary work
balik-balik
MOTIF
use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
SYMBOLISM
expectation vs. reality; opposite to real meaning
IRONY
mild and indirect expression used in place of one that is harsh or blunt
EUPHEMISM
imitate natural sounds of objects
Ex.
Nature: Splash, gurgle, drip, sprinkle, rustle, howl, gush
Objects: Clink, clatter, clang, bang, beep, buzz, chug, click, ding, honk, hum, zap
Animals: Meow, bark, hiss, snarl, purr
Other: Crackle, boom, sizzle, swish, atishoo
ONOMATOPEIA
exaggerated statement or claim not to be taken literally
HYPERBOLE
indicates or hints at what is to come later in the story
ex. I dreamt a dram tonight - Romeo and Juliet
FORESHADOWING
mental pictures and engage the senses
IMAGERY
narratives that uses characters and events to symbolize broader themes and messages OFTEN MORAL OR POLITICAL
ALLLEGORY
direct comparison of two unrelated things by stating that one is the other
METAPHOR
comparison between two different things to HIGHLIGHT SOME SIMILARITY to explain idea
ANALOGY
indirect reference to a person, place event or literary work
Ex.
to me, his grin is like kryptonite: Superman’s weakness.
She had the feeling she had a golden ticket: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He’s young, scrappy, and eager: Hamilton.
I wish I could click my heels together: The Wizard of Oz.
ALLUSION
repetition of CONSONANT sounds
Ex.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
ALLITERATION
repetition of VOWEL sounds within nearby words
ex. Chips and dips (Repetition of the /i/ vowel sound)
Surf and turf (Repetition of the /u/ vowel sound)
Go slow over the road (Repetition of the short /o/ vowel sound)
Do good have good (Repetition of the /oo/ vowel sound)
No pain, no gain (Repetition of the /ai/ vowel sound)
enclosed gyud siya sa word bali
ASSONANCE
compact paradox; contradictory terms in conjunction
bittersweet
hateful love
Seriously funny
two opposite words nga nag sunod or either nagsumpay
OXYMORON
repeated word appears at the END OF SUCCESSIVE LINES
“Where now? Who now? When now?
(Balik2 ang NOW)
of the people, by the people, for the people
EPHIPORA
repetition of the FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE
it was the best, it was the worst, it was the age (WAS balik2)
You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.
(edi Damned)
I am fearfully, I am wonderfully made (Yizzz I AM)
ANAPHORA
two opposite ideas and a contrast that makes logical sense
ex. to ERR is human, to FORGIVE is divine (MARIS?)
when the RICH wage war it is the POOR who die
Hope for the BEST prepare for the WORST.
Keep your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN.
It was the BEST of times, it was the WORST of times
ANTITHESIS
Non human entities consciously BEHAVING like a HUMAN
Winnie the pooh
Tom and Jerry
ANTHROMORPHISM
statement that seems self contradictory or logically unacceptable
murag word game
In a town with one barber, the barber only shaves men who don’t shave themselves, but who shaves the barber?
The idea that it would be impossible to travel from one point to another because you can only travel halfway there first.
You have to spend money to make money.
KANANG MAKA “HA?” KA hahhaha
PARADOX
interrupts the chronological flow of the story to present events that occurred at an earlier time
FLASHBACKS
