7193691244 | Narrative nonfiction | Genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives | 0 | |
7193694002 | Narrative point of View | A narrator tells the story without describing any characters thoughts, opinions, or feelings instead it gives an unbiased point of view | 1 | |
7193697946 | First person point of view | Someone telling you his or her story | 2 | |
7193698824 | Third person omniscient point of view | The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story | 3 | |
7193700907 | Third person limited point of view | Method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character while the other characters are presented on the externally | 4 | |
7193702532 | Diction | A style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by the speaker or writer | 5 | |
7193703331 | Foreshadowing | Literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story | 6 | |
7193705808 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 7 | |
7193706635 | Imagery | Using figurative language to represent objects actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses | 8 | |
7193707185 | Juxtaposition | Literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side-by-side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons | 9 | |
7193709169 | Mood | Element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in the readers through the words and descriptions | 10 | |
7193710667 | Litote | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 11 | |
7193713631 | Metaphor | makes an implicit implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated share some common characteristics | 12 | |
7193717832 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 13 | |
7193718363 | Denotation | Generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of the word in contrast to his container or associated meanings | 14 | |
7193719917 | Synecdoche | A part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent apart | 15 | |
7193720582 | Parallelism | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter | 16 | |
7193721633 | Narrative | A report of related events presented to the listeners or readers and words arranged in a logical sequence | 17 | |
7193722972 | Assonance | When two or more words close to another repeat the same vowel but start with different consonant words | 18 | |
7193723334 | Motif | An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work | 19 | |
7193724008 | Personification | I think an idea or an animal is given human attributes | 20 | |
7193724674 | simile | Figure of speech that makes a comparison showing similarities between two different things | 21 | |
7193725013 | Theme | Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly | 22 | |
7193726507 | Tone | And attitude of a writer towards the subject or an audience | 23 | |
7193726816 | Alliteration | A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series | 24 | |
7193728735 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | 25 | |
7193729883 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation | 26 | |
7193731119 | Conceit | To vastly different objects are like in together with the help of similes or metaphors | 27 | |
7193731583 | Connotation | A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 28 | |
7193733739 | Consonance | repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase | 29 | |
7193737582 | Dialect | Language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people | 30 | |
7193738995 | dialogue | A literary technique in which writers employe two or more characters to be engaged in conversation within each other | 31 | |
7193740465 | Symbol | Using an object or action that mean something more than its literal meaning | 32 |
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