Literary Terms and Concepts

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Tone

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Word choice, style, and attitude of the author

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Mood

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How the reader feels during a story/passage

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Characterization

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Qualities and character traits an author gives a character

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Setting

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Where the story takes place

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Connotation

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Positive, negative or neutral emotion the word gives a reader

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word

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Author's purpose

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To inform, entertain or persuade

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Perspective

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The character or the author's point of view or how they see the subject

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Point of view

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What perspective a story is written (1st, 2nd, 3rd person)