10907578132 | Diction | the authors tone and way of writing (word choice) | 0 | |
10907582202 | Tone | how the speaker presents an idea | 1 | |
10907586810 | Mood | the resulting feelings of the audience | 2 | |
10907591085 | Attitude | the authors opinion of the overall subject | 3 | |
10907595908 | Voice | the sum of all a writer becomes on the page | 4 | |
10907620107 | 1st person central | This perspective is told from the p.o.v. of the main character | 5 | |
10907627409 | 1st person peripheral | This also uses "I" or '"my," but from the p.o.v. of a minor character who observes - usually in a more neutral and detached manner - the actions of the main characters. | 6 | |
10907629944 | 2nd person | the narrator addresses a "you" | 7 | |
10907632787 | 3rd person limited | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 8 | |
10907636331 | 3rd person objective | narrator outside story who reveals none of the thoughts of the characters | 9 | |
10907642955 | 3rd person omniscient | narrator is all-knowing | 10 | |
10907649739 | Stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 11 | |
10907655075 | Verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 12 | |
10907659544 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 13 | |
10907659545 | Situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 14 | |
10907668073 | Sarcasm | used to insult or to cause harm | 15 | |
10907703642 | Connotation | implied meaning of a word; specific feeling it evokes | 16 | |
10907710941 | Denotation | the literal definition of a word | 17 |
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