narrative perspective
1st person narrative perspective
The narrator tells the story using "I" or "me."
similie
comparison using "like" or "as"
personification
making an inanimate object appear human
narrator
tells the story
theme
moral of a story or deeper meaning
2nd person narrative perspective
The story is told using "you"(rare).
metaphor
comparison without using "like" or "as"
oxymoron
an apparently contradictory statement
protagonist
main character
isocolon
adjectives after one another
3rd person limited narrative perspective
The story is told using "he" or "her," and the reader knows the thoughts of exactly one character.
foreshadowing
mood
emotion writer creates in reader
flat/round
flat = not much character; round = a lot of traits
anaphora
repetition of words at the beginnings of successive clauses
3rd person omniscient narrative perspective
The story is told using "he" or "her," and the reader knows the thoughts of all characters.
Onomatopoeia
words that sound like sounds
tone
how the narrator tells the story
dynamic/static
dynamic = change; static = don't change
7 types of conflict
3rd person objective narrative perspective
The story is told using "he" or "her," and the reader doesn't know the thoughts of any characters.
5 types of imagery AND what they are
olfactory = smell, gustatory = taste, auditory = hear, tactile = feel, visual = see
3 types of irony AND what they mean
dramatic irony = reader knows something but characters don't
situational irony = outcome is the opposite of the expected outcome
verbal irony = words aren't intent of words
stock & foil
stock = stereotypical and common; foil = opposite of another character
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