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| point of view | point of view – the perspective form in which a story is told. |
| 1st person point of view | 1st person point of view – when the narrator is a character who tells everything in his own words and uses pronouns such as I, me, we. |
| 2nd person point of view | when the narrator uses the pronoun “you” |
| 3rd person point of view | when the narrator outside of the action describes events and characters and uses pronouns such as it, you, he, she |
| 3rd person limited | when the narrator perceives events only as an observer or only through the eyes of one character. |
| 3rd person omniscient | when the narrator is “all knowing” and knows the feelings of all the characters. |
| imagery | words or phrases that are used to appeal to the five senses. |
| sensory detail | details that make reference to sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. |
| idioms | a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood using the ordinary meanings of the words in it. For example: “Hold your horses.” |
| personification | the giving of human like qualities to an animal, object or idea |
| analogy | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based |
| symbols | something that presents something else. Example: the $ sign or the @ sign. |
| acronyms | abbreviations that stand for something. Example: OAT for Ohio Achievement Test |
| scope | aim or purpose for writing |
| genre | a term used to identify categories of literature. There 4 major types are nonfiction, fiction, drama and poetry. |
| poetry | poetry – the most compact form of literature |
| drama/play | a form of literature that is performed for an audience, either on stage or before a camera. |
| myths | an invented story, idea or concept |
| biography | a story of a person’s life written by someone else |
| autobiography | nonfiction writing in which a person tells a story of their life. |
| fiction | a made up story |
| nonfiction | a true writing about real people, places and events |
| mood | the feeling that the writer evokes in the reader |
| figurative language | when poets or writers choose words to help the reader to picture ordinary things in new ways |
| syntax | the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language |
| contradictions | direct oppositions between things compared; inconsistencies |
| bias | to show favoritism |
| stereotyping | a broad generalization about something or someone that leaves no room for individual differences |
| main characters | characters at the center of a story's action |
| minor characters | less important characters in a story |
| static characters | characters who remain unchanged in a story |
| dynamic characters | characters that grow or change as the plot unfolds |
| science fiction | stories that tell about the future by blending scientific data and theory with the author's imagination |
| fantasy | a type of fiction that contains, events or both details that could not exist in the real world |
| chronological order | events that happen in order |
| bandwagon | when people start liking something because others start liking it |
| propaganda | ideas or facts or allegations spread deliberately to cause damage or persuade |
