Literature Vocab. Chapter 2

THE PEOPLE IN A STORY. IN FABLES, ANIMALS ARE CHARACTERS. IN MYTHS, GODS AND HEROES ARE CHARACTERS.

• novel

• characters

• third person omniscient

• characterization

HOW THE WRITER SHOWS THE PERSONALITY OF THE CHARACTER.

• point of view

• novel

• characterization

• third person limited

STATEMENTS IN A STORY THAT TELL YOU DIRECTLY WHAT A CHARACTER IS LIKE. EXAMPLE – TUCKER STONE IS GENEROUS WITH HIS MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING HIS FRIENDS.

• point of view

• first person pov

• direct characterization

• characters

SHOWING RATHER THAN TELLING WHAT A CHARACTER IS LIKE. YOU OBSERVE THE CHARACTER AND REACH YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHAT THE CHARACTER IS LIKE.

• third person pov

• point of view

• novel

• indirect characterization

ANY LONG, FICTIONAL STORY USUALLY WRITTEN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

• novel

• point of view

• characters

• third person limited

THE STANDPOINT FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD.

• characterization

• indirect characterization

• novel

• point of view

THE STORY IS TOLD THROUGH ONE OF THE CHARACTERS USING THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS I, ME, WE, US, AND MINE.

• novel

• first person pov

• point of view

• characters

THE STORY IS TOLD THROUGH A NARRATOR USING THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS HE, SHE, IT, THEY, AND THEM.

• third person pov

• first person pov

• point of view

• characters

A METHOD OF STORYTELLING IN WHICH THE NARRATOR KNOWS THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF ALL THE CHARACTERS.

• first person pov

• characters

• Third person omniscient

• point of view

A METHOD OF STORYTELLING IN THAT THE NARRATOR KNOWS ONLY THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF A SINGLE CHARACTER.

• third person omniscient

• third person pov

• third person limited

• novel