Lit terms Flashcards
the perspective from which an author presents the conflicts, characters, and events of a story
point of view
narrate the story; can be anything from impersonal narrators who remain unnamed to characters in the story who have their own highly developed personalities
persona
type of third-person narrative in which the storyteller “knows all”
omniscient viewpoint
type of third- person narrative in which the storyteller only tells one character’s thoughts, usually the protagonist
limited-omniscient viewpoint
narrator is a character who uses first-person pronouns “I” and “we,” relates only what the narrator character can reasonably know of the events and people around him
first person viewpoint
categories or types of literature
genre
a second story set within the opening and closing narrative
frame story
a short narrative of a single interesting or amusing incident
anecdote
any fictional story employing real characters and settings from a time period other than the one it was written in
historical fiction
wrote The Age of Miracles
Melville Davisson Post
story with Abner, Randolph, Julia, and Benton Wolf (Adam Wolf too, but he died)
The Age of Miracles
wrote By Any Other Name
Santha Rama Rau
story about two Indian girls suffering from discrimination
By Any Other Name
story with Framton Nuttel, Mrs. Sappleton, and Vera
The Open Window
wrote The Open Window
H. H. Munro (Saki)
wrote After the Battle
Joseph A. Altsheler
story with Dave Joyce and Bill Ryder
After the Battle
who was the kind man in After the Battle; the protagonist
Dave Joyce
Arabian folktale with Ali Baba, his brother Cassim, and Morgiana
The Forty Thieves
By Any Other Name is _____ point of view
first person
Age of Miracles is _____ point of view
first person
The Open Window is ____ viewpoint
limited omniscient
After the Battle is ____ viewpoint
limited-omniscient
The Forty Thieves is _____ viewpoint
omniscient
Identify what story these quotes or characteristics are from:
1. “Then he stooped, lifted the wounded man upon his powerful shoulders, and went on over the hill.”
2. “Romance at short notice was her specialty”
3. Criticizes the tendency to change people’s culture and force things upon them
- After the Battle
- The Open Window
- By Any Other Name
