Literary Terms - Week #4

Question 1

1st Person POV

Answer 1

Character in the story tells the story (I, we, us, our)

Question 2

3rd person limited POV

Answer 2

Author tells the story limited to the point view of one character (she, he, they)

Question 3

3rd person omniscient POV

Answer 3

Author tells the story limited to the point of view of 2/+ characters (he, she, they)

Question 4

3rd person objective POV

Answer 4

Author tells the story through an anonymous voice and doesn’t give inner thoughts of any characters (like a camera)

Question 5

Atmosphere/mood

Answer 5

Emotional feeling created in work

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

comparison between two things using like or as

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving inanimate objects human quality

Question 9

Motif

Answer 9

Reoccurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature

Question 10

Tone

Answer 10

A particular style of manner, as of writing or in speech; a writer’s attitude towards their subject