prose fiction

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

• comparing 2 things
• uses like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

• saying something is a another thing

Question 3

Extended metaphor

Answer 3

• metaphor over multiple lines, paragraphs or stanzas

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

• giving human traits to something non human

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

• exaggerated statement
• not literal

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

• sound associated with the name
• pop, sizzle etc

Question 7

Alliteration - sibilant, plosive, dental, guttural, liquid, nasal, fricative

Answer 7

• 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

Question 8

Assonance

Answer 8

• repetition of sound between syllables, vowels only

Question 9

Symbolism

Answer 9

• using something to represent other things

Question 10

Motif

Answer 10

• repeated pattern, image, sound word, symbol that comes back over and over again in the text

Question 11

Ellipsis

Answer 11

…

Question 12

Parallel structure

Answer 12

• repeating grammatical form in a sentence

Question 13

Anadiplosis

Answer 13

• last/first word of one clause repeated at the beginning of the next

Question 14

Allusion

Answer 14

• reference to something outside of the text

Question 15

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 15

• human emotions to something non human found in nature

Question 16

Imagery - visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory

Answer 16

• figurative language, visually descriptive

Question 17

Concrete diction

Answer 17

• use of words for their literal meaning
• describes physical qualities/conditions - can see/touch

Question 18

Semantic fields

Answer 18

• set of words related to the meaning

Question 19

Direct speech

Answer 19

• report of the exact words used

Question 20

Dialogue

Answer 20

• spoken lines by characters in a story

Question 21

Oxymoron

Answer 21

• figure of speech
• contradictory terms in conjunction

Question 22

Juxtaposition

Answer 22

• placing 2 contrasting things next to each other to highlight their differences

Question 23

Euphemism

Answer 23

• less offensive words to replace an offensive one

Question 24

Dysphemism

Answer 24

• using an offensive expression instead of an inoffensive one

Question 25

Idiom

Answer 25

- widely used saying or expression - figurative meaning different from literal

Question 26

Asyndeton

Answer 26

- deliberate omission of conjunctions from a sentence

Question 27

Polysyndeton

Answer 27

- conjunctions used in succession from another

Question 28

Prolepsis and analepsis

Answer 28

- prolepsis = fast forward - analepsis = flashback

Question 29

First person narrative

Answer 29

- I, us, our, ourselves, we

Question 30

Second person narrative

Answer 30

- you - reader referenced

Question 31

Third person narrative - limited or omniscient

Answer 31

omniscient - knows thoughts of all characters limited - only knows one character

Question 32

Stream of consciousness

Answer 32

- chaotic flow of thoughts

Question 33

Protagonist and antagonist

Answer 33

protagonist - main character antagonist - adversary to the main character

Question 34

Foil characters

Answer 34

- contrasts another character to highlight their qualities

Question 35

Unreliable narrator

Answer 35

- not trustworthy - biased

Question 36

Interior monologue

Answer 36

- thoughts

Question 37

Retrospective narrator

Answer 37

- first person about past experiences

Question 38

Direct characterisation

Answer 38

- describing the character in a straightforward manner

Question 39

Indirect characterisation

Answer 39

- shows traits not through direct description but through words, actions, thoughts, others’ reactions