Literary Terms and Concepts

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1st person point of view

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The narrator is a character in the story (think “I”).

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3rd person point of view

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The narrator is not in the actual story.

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3rd person limited point of view

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The narrator knows all thoughts of just one character.

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3rd person omniscient point of view

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The narrator knows all thoughts of all characters.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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Allusion

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Reference to something or someone well-known, such as a speech or historical event.

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Characterization

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Physical description or what character uniquely says, thinks, does; what other characters say or think about character, how he/she treats characters with direct comments made by the author.

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Conflict

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A problem in the story.

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Connotation

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The emotional feeling of a word.

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word.