Pre-Unit: Unit 1 Vocabulary Terms

3rd Person Omniscient

• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force
• struggle within a character

Unbiased summary

• A summary free of opinion and bias
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

The four elements of a narrative poem

• character, plot, conflict, setting
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Plot

• The events of the story
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Theme

• moral of the story
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Stanza

• paragraph structure of the poem
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Setting

• time and place the story takes place
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Character

• people or animals in the story
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Conflict

• main problem in the story
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force

Point of View

• perspective in which the story is being told
• The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work. Uses: Them, Her, His, Him
• The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Uses: He, She, Them, Her
• The narrator is a character in the story. Uses: I, Me, We, Us
• struggle with an outside force