Deciphering Authorial Intent: The Power of Figurative Language by Gabriel Thompson

First Person

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:19:15 UTC

First Person is written in a way that when the reader is reading the text they are seeing it as if through the character's eyes. Many terms are used throughout this text, however, the most common ones used are I, me, and my.

Second Person

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:22:18 UTC

In regard to the Second Person point of view, the writing technique though not seen as often anymore authors usually use terms like you, your, yours, and yourself.

Third Person

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:26:37 UTC

While there are two types of Third Person, Third Person Limited, and Third Person Omniscient, for the sake of this class we shall be focusing on Third Person Limited. Most commonly used, third person limited can be found in may pop culture books like that of Harry Potter where the reader is not involved with the story at all instead, they are watching it unfold as if like God. Terms traditionally involved include but are not limited to she, her, herself, he, him, his, himself, they, them, and theirs.

Irony

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:32:15 UTC

The term "irony" comes from the ancient Greek comic character called "eiron" who pretends ignorance in order to deceive an opponent.

Sarcasm

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:35:22 UTC

Sarcasm is like a verbal magic trick! It's when someone says something, but they actually mean the opposite of what they are saying.

Satire

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:37:52 UTC

Satire was used long ago. It is a Latin word, though the plays of Aristophanes are often called satirical.

First Person

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:42:20 UTC

Second Person

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:43:34 UTC

Third Person Point of View

thompsongabriel132 — 2024-02-27 04:45:02 UTC