Hamilton POV Terms

Define POV (Point of View)

• the narrator's position

• the perspective of a storyteller

• 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person

• All of these are CORRECT

A genre is

• another word for a General in the military

• a generic version of something expensive

• a kind or type of something

Historical fiction is

• set in the future or outer space

• a "fake" story or character set in a true historical era

• non-fiction; always absolutely true

A performance that includes singing and dancing is called:

• a musical

• a tragedy

• an autobiography

The speed at which a piece of music is played is called:

• perspective

• genre

• tempo

A contradiction between what you expect and what actually happens... when what happens is the opposite of what you expect

• irony

• personification

• metaphor

Dramatic irony happens when:

• A true story is being told

• You cannot trust the narrator of a story

• The audience knows things that the characters

  do not know

Repeating words or phrases in a piece of writing

• autobiography

• historical fiction

• repetition

A reference to a well-know person, event, or character

• simile

• allusion

• personification

An "umbrella term" that includes metaphor, simile, personification, etc. - a creative way to use words and phrases

• genre

• figurative language

• idiom