Literary Terms Pre-LL 2024-2025

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Tone

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Author's attitude

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Mood

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Emotional atmosphere; how the reader is feeling

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Plot

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Story sequence

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Character traits

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Attributes of characters

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Characterisation

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Character development

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Direct Characterisation

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Explicit description; what the narrator or other characters say about someone in the story.

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Indirect Characterisation

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Inferred traits; we get these from the character's actions, words, and thoughts.

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Point of View

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Narrative perspective

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First Person Point of View

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Narrator is a character

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Second Person Point of View

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