Unit 1: Intro to Lit Analysis

The main problem in the story

• setting

• conflict

• character

• resolution

The person, animal or creature in a story

• setting

• conflict

• character

• resolution

The time and place of a story

• setting

• conflict

• character

• resolution

The dictionary definition of a word

• denotation

• connotation

The feeling or image associated with a word

• denotation

• connotation

Human traits are given to a non-human thing

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

An exaggeration of an idea for emphasis

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

In this point of view, the narrator is "all knowing" and presents the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

• First Person POV

• Third Person Limited POV

• Third Person Omniscient POV