Point of View (POV)
POV that uses "I", "Me", "My"
First person
The type of external conflict that is used most in texts: protagonist vs antagonist
Man vs. man
Literary device uses LIKE or AS to compare two unlike things
simile
The main point in the author is trying to make in an informational text
Central idea
cat, rat, sat, hat, chat, mat
rhyme
POV that uses "you"
When a character is in conflict with a machine
Man vs. technology
Saying something IS something else, but it is not literally
Metaphor
Specific information to help support an idea
details
The leaves danced in the wind
Personification
There are two types of 3rd person POV: name them
3rd person omniscient
The only type of internal conflict
Man vs. self
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Personification
The time and place of a book, play, story, etc.
Setting
He is as smart as a fox
simile
POV where the narrator focuses only on the main character's thoughts and feelings
3rd person limited
When man challenges laws or ideas
Man vs. society
Intentional exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
How the text makes you, the reader, feel
Mood
George is a sheep
Metaphor
POV where the narrator is all-knowing
3rd person omniscient
When a character is in conflict with a mythical creature, for example
Man vs. supernatural
A seeming contradiction when two words are put together
Oxymoron
When the reader has to read between the lines
Inferencing
Bitter sweet
Oxymoron