FIGURES OF SPEECH Flashcards
Refers to literature created from the imagination
Fiction
A _____ is a particular aspect of literature or a particular work that readers can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze.
Literary device
Uses the pronoun “I”; the narrator is one of the characters in the story—usually, the main character/ protagonist. The story is narrated by a character in the story who either merely observes or directly participates.
1st Person
Uses the pronoun “you” as if communicating with the reader and making the reader a part of the literary work.
2nd Person
The narrator is NOT a part of the literary work. The narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters but lets us know exactly how the characters feel.
3rd Person
Reveals and knows EVERYTHING about ALL the characters like their thoughts, feelings, and mental dispositions
Omniscient
Reveals and knows EVERYTHING about ONE/ ONLY SOME of the characters like their thoughts, feelings, and mental dispositions
Limited/ Subjective Omniscient
It reveals the current speaker/ character, either directly identified or implied. It is a voice or an assumed role of a character, which represents the thoughts of a writer, or a specific person the writer wants to present as his mouthpiece.
Persona
The apparent emotional state of the speaker/narrator/narrator’s voice that is conveyed through the language of the literary piece.
Tone
It is the atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting. It refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story. The mood of Macbeth is dark, murky, and mysterious, creating a sense of fear and uncertainty.
Mood
It is a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past. An earlier or past event is inserted into the present or the normal chronological order of a narrative. Among them are recollections of characters, narration by the characters, dream sequences, and reveries.
Flashback
This happens when an author hints at certain plot developments that perhaps will come to be later in the story. It is the presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for. The purpose of this is to prepare the reader or viewer for the action to come.
Foreshadowing
The author creates a character whose primary purpose is to create a contrast to another character by laying emphasis or drawing attention to the latter’s traits and characteristics through the former’s obviously contradictory ones.
Foil
It refers to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. Many times, it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be. This discrepancy between expectation and reality occurs in three forms.
Irony
The meaning is intended to be the exact opposite of what the words actually mean. (Sarcasm is a tone of voice that often accompanies verbal irony, but they are not the same thing.)
Verbal Irony
An event occurs which is unexpected, and which is in absurd or mocking opposition to what is expected or appropriate.
Situational Irony
A character is unaware of pivotal information already revealed to the audience. ( the discrepancy here lies in the two levels of awareness between the character and the audience)
Dramatic Irony
This is often concealed at first sight and is representative of several other aspects/concepts/traits than those that are visible in the literal transition alone. It is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Symbol
The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas. The term is often misused to describe all representational relationships that are figurative rather than actually symbolic. A symbol must be tangible or visible, but the idea it symbolizes must be abstract or universal.
Symbol
It is an important idea or image that is repeated. ____differ from themes in that they can be expressed as single words or fragmentary phrases, whereas subjects usually must be expressed as complete sentences.
Motif
A ____ is important because it allows one to see the main points and themes that the author is trying to express so that one might be able to interpret the work more accurately
Motif
It is the central or dominating idea in a literary work. It is the topic or subject of the selection which is sometimes stated by a character or by the writer himself. Oftentimes, it is implied or suggested.
Theme
