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
