Mik

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Point of view

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perspective from which a story is told

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1st person pov.

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one of the characters is the narrator telling the story, using the pronoun "I"

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3rd person limited pov.

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the narrator who plays NO part in the story, zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of just one character, uses the "he/she" form

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omniscient pov.

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all knowing - the narrator knows everything there is to know about the characters and their conflicts; uses the "he/she" form

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archetype

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a character, setting, plot, or image that occurs frequently in literature

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flashback

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a scene that interrupts the action to show an event from the past

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foreshadowing

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the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot

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suspense

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uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story

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mood

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the way a story makes a reader fell

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tone

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the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

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dialect

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way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a group of people

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symbol

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person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself

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simile

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a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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metaphor

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a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes the other

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characterization

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process an author uses to reveal the personality of a character

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direct characterization

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author directly tells the reader what the characters personality is

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indirect characterization

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author reveals a characters personality through the characters own words, thoughts, and actions, and those of other characters

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imagery

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language that appeals to the scenses

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personification

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a kind of metaphor in which a non-human quality were talked about as if it were human