LiteraryTerms Flashcards

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First Person

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The narrator is a character in the story and shares his/her thoughts and feelings

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Third person limited

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The narrator is outside the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of one character

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Third person omniscient

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The narrator is outside the sorry and shares the thoughts and feelings of all characters

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Third Person Dramatic

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The narrator is outside the story and shares only the actions and dialogue of the characters

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5
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Invention

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The process of developing and refining your argument

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Persona

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The speaker in a literary work

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Tone

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The authors implied attitude about a subject

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Simile

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Comparing two u like things connective (like, as, resembles)

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things directly

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10
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Personification

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Giving human qualities to objects, animals, plants and ideas

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Static

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A character that’s does not change much

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Dynamic

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A character that changes in a important way

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13
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Character motivation

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The driving force behind a characters action

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Internal Confilct

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A struggle between opposite needs, desires or emotions within a single character

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External Conflict

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When a character struggles with an outside force

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Theme

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Insight into a human condition

17
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Ethos

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The use of words, images and/ or sounds to establish a reputation that will appeal to values of an audience and inspire audience to respect authority, admire integrity/motives or at least acknowledge what they stand for

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Pathos

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The use of words, images and/sounds that evoke certain emotions in an audience

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Logos

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The use of words, images and /or sounds that appear reasonable to an audience