prose fiction Flashcards
Simile
- comparing 2 things
- uses like or as
Metaphor
- saying something is a another thing
Extended metaphor
- metaphor over multiple lines, paragraphs or stanzas
Personification
- giving human traits to something non human
Hyperbole
- exaggerated statement
- not literal
Onomatopoeia
- sound associated with the name
- pop, sizzle etc
Alliteration - sibilant, plosive, dental, guttural, liquid, nasal, fricative
- repetition of the same letter in closely connected words
sibilant - s sounds
plosive - p/b sounds
dental - d/t sounds
guttural - g/c sounds
liquid - l/r sounds
nasal - n/m sounds
fricative - f,v,h,th
Assonance
- repetition of sound between syllables, vowels only
Symbolism
- using something to represent other things
Motif
- repeated pattern, image, sound word, symbol that comes back over and over again in the text
Ellipsis
…
Parallel structure
- repeating grammatical form in a sentence
Anadiplosis
- last/first word of one clause repeated at the beginning of the next
Allusion
- reference to something outside of the text
Pathetic fallacy
- human emotions to something non human found in nature
Imagery - visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory
- figurative language, visually descriptive
Concrete diction
- use of words for their literal meaning
- describes physical qualities/conditions - can see/touch
Semantic fields
- set of words related to the meaning
Direct speech
- report of the exact words used
Dialogue
- spoken lines by characters in a story
Oxymoron
- figure of speech
- contradictory terms in conjunction
Juxtaposition
- placing 2 contrasting things next to each other to highlight their differences
Euphemism
- less offensive words to replace an offensive one
Dysphemism
- using an offensive expression instead of an inoffensive one
Idiom
- widely used saying or expression
- figurative meaning different from literal
Asyndeton
- deliberate omission of conjunctions from a sentence
Polysyndeton
- conjunctions used in succession from another
Prolepsis and analepsis
- prolepsis = fast forward
- analepsis = flashback
First person narrative
- I, us, our, ourselves, we
Second person narrative
- you
- reader referenced
Third person narrative - limited or omniscient
omniscient
- knows thoughts of all characters
limited
- only knows one character
Stream of consciousness
- chaotic flow of thoughts
Protagonist and antagonist
protagonist - main character
antagonist - adversary to the main character
Foil characters
- contrasts another character to highlight their qualities
Unreliable narrator
- not trustworthy
- biased
Interior monologue
- thoughts
Retrospective narrator
- first person about past experiences
Direct characterisation
- describing the character in a straightforward manner
Indirect characterisation
- shows traits not through direct description but through words, actions, thoughts, others’ reactions