Point of View
When the author relates information from their perspective
What is first person?
The feeling created in a reader as the result of an author's attitude or approach to a character or situation in the story
What is mood?
The girls made a delicious dessert with the remaining ingredients. The voice grammar device used...
What is active voice?
A group of two or more lines arranged together in a reoccurring pattern in a poem
What is a stanza?
Writing used to influence the reader to assume the author's point of view
What is argumentative or persuasive?
When an author creates a distance between the reader and the characters
What is the third-person objective?
A literary device that uses something to stand for or suggest something else beyond the literal meaning such as a four-leaf clover often stands for good luck or good fortune
What is symbolism?
A punctuation mark used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence or to separate items in a list
What is a comma?
A lengthy, narrative poem that typically details extraordinary feats and adventures of characters from a distant past
What is an epic?
Writings that are traditionally intended to tell a story based on the writer's real-life experiences
What is narrative?
The narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
Written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
Punctuation used to indicate a portion of the sequence of events has been omitted.
I don't know...I'm not sure.
What is an ellipsis?
A short lyrical poem that is often written in praise of something
What is an ode?
An essay that examines two or more topics highlighting their similarities and differences
What is compare and contrast?
This narrative voice implies the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story and the events are happening to them
What is second person?
A situation in which there is a contrast between expectations and reality
What is irony?
The obstacle course was run by me in record time. The voice grammar device used...
What is passive voice?
A fourteen-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet?
A type of writing that is used to explain, describe or give information
What is expository?
The narration style that gives the perspective of a single character
What is third-person limited?
A literary technique in which an abstract idea is given in the form of characters, actions, or events as in the book Animal Farm
What is allegory?
Punctuation marks used to indicate that words or phrases are taken directly from someone else or from a literary work
What are quotation marks?
Poetry that does not follow regular rhyme scheme rules yet still provides artistic expression
What is free verse?
An article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the writer
What is an editorial?