Module II

Question 1

(April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011), poet, fiction writer, teacher, and literary critic was a Filipino writer in the English language.

Answer 1

Edith L. Tiempo

Question 2

is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling, or
idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of a sensory experience. Images may be visual (something seen), aural (something heard), tactile (something felt), olfactory (something smelled), or gustatory (something
tasted). Imagery may also refer to a pattern of related details in a poem.

Answer 2

Imagery

Question 3

is a repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable: “descending dew drops;” “luscious lemons.” Alliteration is based on the sounds of letters, rather than the spelling of words; for example, “keen” and “car” alliterate, but “car” and “cite” do not.

Answer 3

Alliteration

Question 4

is the repetition of similar internal vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry, as in “I rose and told him of my woe.” is the repetition of similar internal vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry, as in “I rose and told him of my woe.”

Answer 4

Assonance

Question 5

refers to the literal meaning of a word, the “dictionary definition.”¨ For example, if you look up the word snake in a dictionary, you will discover that one of its denotative meanings is “any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles¡ Khaving a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions.”

Answer 5

Denotation

Question 6

on the other hand, refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. The connotative meanings of a word exist together with the
denotative meanings. The connotations for the word snake could include evil or danger.

Answer 6

Connotation

Question 7

is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

Answer 7

Symbolism

Question 8

is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary
work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.

Answer 8

Theme

Question 9

is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few
times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

Answer 9

Repetition

Question 10

is a form of language use in which the writers and speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words.

Answer 10

Figurative Language

Question 11

involves a comparison between unlike things using like or as. For instance, “My love is like a red, red rose.”

Answer 11

Simile

Question 12

is a comparison between essentially unlike things without a word such as like or as. For example, “My love is a red, red rose.”

Answer 12

Metaphor

Question 13

is a type of metaphor in which part of something is used to signify the whole, as when a gossip is called a “wagging tongue.”

Answer 13

Synecdoche

Question 14

is a type of metaphor in which something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it, such as saying the “silver screen” to mean motion pictures.

Answer 14

Metonymy

Question 15

is a figurative comparison endowing inanimate things.

Answer 15

Personification