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First Person POV
A story where The point of view is told from a character in the story
Third Person Omniscient POV
the narrator knows everything,
including the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
Third Person Limited POV
The narrator sees things
through one character’s eyes and
reveals that character’s feeling and
thoughts.
Voice
author’s distinctive use of language to convey their personality
Author’s Purpose
the author’s main reason for writing (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to expose a particular problem in society, etc.)
Round Character
complex, showing many different qualities/personality traits – revealing faults as well as virtues
Flat Character
one-dimensional, showing a single personality trait
Focuses on personality
Dynamic Character
Develops, changes, and learns something
during the course of a story
Static Character
remains the same, does not change or learn
Direct Characterization
The author directly tells the reader what the character is like or looks like
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
Theme
central message or insight about life. It should be a complete thought.
Setting
time and place in which the action of the story occurs
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)
Allegory
a story with two or more levels
of meaning, a literal level and one or more
symbolic levels
Satire
a writing that exposes and ridicules the flaws of people in society
Style
The choices an author makes when
writing such as diction, syntax, and other
literary devices
Hyperbole
figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion
Imagery
descriptive or figurative language used to create “word pictures” for the reader (these pictures are created by details of the five senses)
Metaphor
comparison between two objects without using like or as
Simile
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Narrative
story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama
Narrator
speaker or character who tells the story
Tone
reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of literary work.
Understatement
A writer or speaker
deliberately makes the situation less
important or serious than it is.
Testimonial
formal statement
testifying to someone or
something’s character also during advertisements
Protagonist
main character or hero of story.
Antagonist
a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist
Anthropomorphism
an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics; humanization
Denotation
strict literal
dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
the non-literal,
implied, suggested meaning of
a word (e.g. lemon for a poor
performing vehicle)
Free Verse
poetry not written in a regular pattern or meter or rhyme
Euphemism
a mild word substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
Diction
A writer’s choice of words
Genre
category of literary work
characterized by a particular
form or style
(e.g.fiction/non-fiction)