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Point of View
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How do they compare?
Parts of a Story
What's the word?
100
Directly adresses the reader and is rarely used in stories. Pronoun used is "you".
What is second-person?
100
The contrast between what a character knows and what the reader/ audience knows.
What is dramatic irony?
100
A comparison of two things using " like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
Provides important background information that often includes character and setting introduction. Generally at the beginning of the story.
What is exposition?
100
Human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea.
What is personification?
200
Events are relayed through the eyes of one character. The narrator describes only that character's feelings and events he/she witnesses.
What is 3rd person limited?
200
Saying one thing, but meaning something else
What is verbal irony?
200
A comparison of two things that are not alike, but have something in common.
What is a metaphor?
200
Also called the denoument, this is the part of the plot where the problems and mysteries of the plot are coming together.
What is falling action?
200
Describes words and phrases that recreate vivid sensory experiences for the reader. Can be visual, but can appeal to other senses, too.
What is imagery?
300
A piece of writing that is expressed from the writer's perspective. Uses I, me, we,us.
What is first person?
300
When a character expects one thing to happen , but something completely different occurs.
What is situational irony?
300
A comparison of two unlike things that lasts for a paragraph, stanza, or an entire selection.
What is an amazing extended metaphor?
300
The tension or excitement felt by the reader as he/ she becomes involved in a story during the rising action.
What is suspense?
300
The truth is exagerrated for humorous effect.
What is hyperbole?
400
A person not active in the story describes it. This person can see into the minds of the characters and know information unknown to the characters.
What is third person omniscient?
400
Getting the opposite of what is expected.
What is irony
400
Her hair is like silk is an example.
What is a simile?
400
The turning point of action. Also the moment when interest and intensity reach their peak.
What is climax?
400
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
500
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
500
when the bad guy gets what's coming to him
What is " just desserts"
500
The tears in her eyes were daggers in my heart.
What is a metaphor?
500
A writer's hints and clues to indicate what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The struggle that takes place with a character.
What is internal conflict?