Figures Of Speech

Front 1

alliteration

Back 1

repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

Front 2

antithesis

Back 2

opposite ideas

Front 3

hyperbole

Back 3

exaggeration to make a point

Front 4

metaphor

Back 4

comparing two unlike things without using like, as, than, or resembles

Front 5

metonymy

Back 5

substituting one word for another wordd

Front 6

onomatopoeia

Back 6

words that imitate sound

Front 7

personification

Back 7

the author speaks of an animal, object or idea as if it were a person

Front 8

simile

Back 8

comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

Front 9

flashback

Back 9

return to an earlier time to make the story clear

Front 10

foreshadow

Back 10

give a hint of what is to come later in the story

Front 11

idiom

Back 11

phrase that means something different from the words acctually say

Front 12

imagery

Back 12

using the five senses to creat a picture in the mind

Front 13

figure of speech

Back 13

a device used to create a special effect

Front 14

irony

Back 14

word of phrase used to mean the exact opposite

Front 15

dramatic

Back 15

audience sees character's mistakes but character doesn't

Front 16

verbal

Back 16

writer says one thing but means another

Front 17

situational

Back 17

big difference between purpose of action and the result

Front 18

mood

Back 18

feeling that the text arouses in the reader (atomosphere)

Front 19

motive

Back 19

reason for characters actions

Front 20

narrator

Back 20

person telling the story (first or third)

Front 21

first

Back 21

I, character is in story telling story

Front 22

third

Back 22

character is on the outside looking in and has a name

Front 23

objective

Back 23

narrator cannot see into any characters mind

Front 24

limited

Back 24

narrator can see into one characters mind

Front 25

omniscient

Back 25

narrator can see into many characters minds

Front 26

plot

Back 26

sequence of events (contains 5 elements; Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action)

Front 27

point of view

Back 27

same as narrator

Front 28

protagonist

Back 28

main character of literary work

Front 29

rising action

Back 29

a series of struggles that build to the climax

Front 30

resolution

Back 30

[same as denouement] conflict is resolved

Front 31

satire

Back 31

to make fun of a human weakness

Front 32

setting

Back 32

time and place in which a work occurs

Front 33

soliloquy

Back 33

a speech delivered by a character alone on stage

Front 34

suspense

Back 34

anticipation of the outcome

Front 35

symbol

Back 35

one item represents something else

Front 36

syntax

Back 36

structure that affects the readers understanding

Front 37

theme

Back 37

the idea the author is trying to get across to the reader

Front 38

tone

Back 38

feeling created by the writers choice of words

Front 39

tragic hero

Back 39

hero experiences an inner struggle that ends in defeat