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Page 1: Literary Terms 7 th Grade Reading. Point of View The vantage point from which a story is told First person — is told by a character who uses the pronoun.

Literary Terms7th Grade Reading

Page 2: Literary Terms 7 th Grade Reading. Point of View The vantage point from which a story is told First person — is told by a character who uses the pronoun.

Point of View• The vantage point from

which a story is told• First person— is told by a

character who uses the pronoun “I”

• Second person– “You”• Third person—narrator

uses he/she to tell the story; like you are on the outside looking in

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…continuedThird person• Limited—the narrator

relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from the character’s perspective

• Omniscient (all-knowing)—the narrator knows and tells about what each character thinks and feels

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Character

• Any person or animal that takes part in a story

• (Characters can be round, flat, static, or dynamic)

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Character, cont.

• Static character: These characters do NOT change throughout the story.

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Character, cont.• Dynamic—changes inside

(their way of thinking) as a result of what happens to him/her in the story

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Protagonist

• The main character in a literary work

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Protagonist

• The main character in a literary work

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Antagonist

• A character or force in conflict with the main character

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Setting

• The time and place of the action in a story

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Plot

• The sequence of events in a story

(Freytag’s Pyramid)

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Theme

• The central message in a literary work

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Figurative Language

• Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally (ex. Simile, personification, metaphor)

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Metaphor

a comparison of two things without using

like or as, may say one thing and mean

another

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Onomatopoeia

Words that are spelled like the sounds they make.

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Conflict

• The problem in the story.– Internal Conflict: takes place

within the character's mind or heart

– External Conflict: takes place with an outside force

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Oxymoron

Basically a phrase that has 2 words that would contradict each other, or just don't seem they should go together, such as "jumbo" and "shrimp.”

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Simile

Comparing two uncommon things with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Alliteration

The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

Ex. Tall Tommy told Teddy tall tales on Tuesday.

The “t” sound is repeated

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Irony

A contradiction between what you think will happen and what actually happens.

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Imagery

Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.A mental picture

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Dialogue

A talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, or novel; quotation marks will be used.

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Narrator

A person or character who tells a story.

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Climax

The top of Freytag’s Pyramid, the highest point of interest or suspense

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Direct Characterization

• the narrator or a character in the story tells us what we need to know about a character

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Indirect Characterization

• we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters

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Flashback

When the current action is stopped and you look back to an earlier time in the story

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Foreshadowing

When a writer provides hints that suggest future ; it creates suspense for what’s to come

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Personification

Giving human characteristics (traits) to nonhuman characters.

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Mood

A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.

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Tone

The author’s voice or attitude about what he/she writes

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Style

The way an author uses language to write a story

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Suspense

A feeling of growing tension or excitement.

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Characterization OR Character Traits

All of the techniques a writer uses to create a character: physical appearance, their personality (what other characters say or how they feel about a character OR by his/her own thoughts and actions), direct comments about the character.


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Pronoun Problems

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Pronoun Usage

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Pronoun Case

Pronoun Case

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Indefinite Pronoun

Indefinite Pronoun

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Pronoun Cation

Pronoun Cation

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Presentation1 pronoun

Pronoun agreement

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Reflexive Pronoun

Reflexive Pronoun

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Pronoun personal

Pronoun personal

The Pronoun

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