Lit Terms 25-34

When the story is told by the narrator from his/her point of view. It is easily identified by “I” or “me”.

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

This point of view is used to address the reader. It uses the pronouns “you,” “your” and “yours”.

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

The narrator does not participate in the events of the story and tells the story by referring to all characters and places by using pronouns such as “he” “she,” “they”.

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

The leading character in a drama, movie, or novel. They work against the antagonist.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Hero

• Anti-Hero

The time and place of the events of the story. It establishes where, when, and under what circumstances the story takes place in.

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Tone

Comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Tone

• Simile

An object that represents something else, usually more meaningful.

• Symbol

• Motif

• Theme

• Tone

The big idea or moral lesson that the author is trying to teach us in a literary work.

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Foreshadowing

The perspective or attitude that the author has towards the topic of a literary work.

• Mood

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Tone

Set in an ideal or perfect society.

• Utopia

• Dystopia

• Theme

• Setting