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| 7449546835 | Point Of View | Mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers "hear" or "see" what takes place in a story, poem, essay, etc. | 0 | |
| 7449577753 | First Person | A point of view where the story is narrated by one character at a time (who is telling the story). [Can be recognized by the use of I or we] | 1 | |
| 7449577754 | Second Person | A point of view where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you' (how a story is told). [Can be recognized by the use of you, you're, and your] | 2 | |
| 7449580142 | Third Person Limited Omniscient | A point of view where the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. [All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they', 'he', and 'she'] {Only one character is followed closely throughout the story} | 3 | |
| 7449749138 | Third Person Omniscient | A point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all the characters. [The author may move from character to character to show how each one contributes to the plot] | 4 | |
| 7449819817 | Flashback | Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative. [An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence] | 5 | |
| 7449823444 | Foreshadowing | A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. | 6 | |
| 7449823445 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound of the actual thing. {"Buzz" and "Boom"} | 7 | |
| 7449828880 | Suspense | The intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. | 8 | |
| 7451098181 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or ideal of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 9 | |
| 7451098182 | Analogy | A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. | 10 | |
| 7451098183 | Form | A piece of writing is simply its structure, how it is constructed and organized. | 11 | |
| 7451101502 | Genre | A category of literary composition. [May be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even length] | 12 | |
| 7451101503 | Style | The literary element that describes the way that the author uses word - the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. | 13 | |
| 7451106541 | Personification | A figure of speech in which a thing - an idea or an animal - is given human attributes. | 14 | |
| 7451106542 | Rhetorical Question | Is self-evident and used for style as an impressive persuasive device. [Used to emphasize a point or draw the audience's attention] | 15 | |
| 7455707191 | Overstatement | An act of stating something more than it actually is in order to make the point more serious or important or beautiful. | 16 | |
| 7455707192 | Understatement | A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it actually is. | 17 | |
| 7455710550 | Figurative Language | Language that uses words or expressions with meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. | 18 | |
| 7483021092 | Simile | A figure of speech that makes a comparison with the help of the words "like" or "as." | 19 | |
| 7483021093 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Does not use the words "like" or "as." | 20 |
