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First Person POV

A story where The point of view is told from a character in the story

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Third Person Omniscient POV

the narrator knows everything,

including the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

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Third Person Limited POV

The narrator sees things

through one character’s eyes and

reveals that character’s feeling and

thoughts.

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Voice

author’s distinctive use of language to convey their personality

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Author’s Purpose

the author’s main reason for writing (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to expose a particular problem in society, etc.)

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Round Character

complex, showing many different qualities/personality traits – revealing faults as well as virtues

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Flat Character

one-dimensional, showing a single personality trait

Focuses on personality

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Dynamic Character

Develops, changes, and learns something

during the course of a story

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Static Character

remains the same, does not change or learn

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Direct Characterization

The author directly tells the reader what the character is like or looks like

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Indirect Characterization

The author gives clues about a character by describing what a character does, says, as well as how other characters react to them

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Theme

central message or insight about life. It should be a complete thought.

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Setting

time and place in which the action of the story occurs

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Colloquialism

Informal speech that people

use in everyday language (Y’all come over

to my house.)

-Means slang words (sick, rad, sigma, rizz,

skibidi, aura)

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Allegory

a story with two or more levels

of meaning, a literal level and one or more

symbolic levels

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Satire

a writing that exposes and ridicules the flaws of people in society

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Style

The choices an author makes when

writing such as diction, syntax, and other

literary devices

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Hyperbole

figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion

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Imagery

descriptive or figurative language used to create “word pictures” for the reader (these pictures are created by details of the five senses)

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Metaphor

comparison between two objects without using like or as

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Simile

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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Narrative

story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama

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Narrator

speaker or character who tells the story

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Tone

reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of literary work.

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Understatement

A writer or speaker

deliberately makes the situation less

important or serious than it is.

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Testimonial

formal statement

testifying to someone or

something’s character also during advertisements

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Protagonist

main character or hero of story.

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Antagonist

a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist

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Anthropomorphism

an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics; humanization

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Denotation

strict literal

dictionary definition of a word

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Connotation

the non-literal,

implied, suggested meaning of

a word (e.g. lemon for a poor

performing vehicle)

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Free Verse

poetry not written in a regular pattern or meter or rhyme

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Euphemism

a mild word substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

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Diction

A writer’s choice of words

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Genre

category of literary work

characterized by a particular

form or style

(e.g.fiction/non-fiction)

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