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Third Person Limited

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

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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 (I).

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Third Person Omniscent

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

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Third Person Dramatic (Third Person Objective)

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

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Invention

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Broadly Defined - the process of developing and refining your argument. Narrowly Defined - selecting a perspective that is appropriate for your purpose and audience.

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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 author’s implied attitude about a subject.

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Irony (Verbal)

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Contrast between what the speaker literally says and what they mean.

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Diction

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Word choice.

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Connotation

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The emotional associations evoked by a word.

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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using a connective (e.g. like, as, resembles).

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things directly.

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to objects, animals, plants, or ideas.

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Imagery

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Details that appeal to the senses.

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Detail

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Literal or factual description.

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Allusion

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An indirect reference, often to a person, event, statement, theme, or work.

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Static

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A character that does not change much.

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Dynamic

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A character that changes in an important way.

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Character Motivation

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The driving force behind a character’s action.

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Internal Conflict

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

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External Conflict

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When a character struggles against an outside force.

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Theme

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Insight into the human condition.

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Argument

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Spoken, written, or visual text that expresses a truth.

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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/or 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.

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Satire

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A literary genre that uses irony, wit and sometimes sarcasm to express human vices and faults.

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Symbol

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Any object or action that represents something beyond itself.

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Archetype

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Imagery, figures, character types, settings, and patterns that are universally shared by people across cultures.

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Plot Structure

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Exposition, rising action, climactic scene, falling action, resolution.