Literature Terms 19-36

The narrator is a character in the story, referred to as "I"

• Point of View

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

Narrator describes events as only one character perceives them

• point of view

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

All knowing, point of view, means that the narrator knows everything about all the characters and events and may reveal details that the characters themselves could not reveal

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

The narrator is someone who stands outside the story and describes the characters and action, the narrator refers to characters as he or she

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

The method a writer uses to develop a character

• writing

• characterization

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

The writer makes direct statements about a character

• characterization

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

The audience or reader know information that the characters do not

• irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

An interruption in the narrative that tells about something that happened before that point in the narrative or before the narrative began

• foreshadow

• flashback

• forward

An author's use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in a story

• foreshadow

• flashback

• forward

The writer reveals a character through the individuals words, thoughts and actions and through what other characters think and say about the character

• characterization

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization