Slight Topic Review Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is First Person Point of View?
The narrative is delivered from the speaker’s direct experience, using self-reference. The narrator is internal to the story.
Example: I always thought I understood him — until the night I caught him at the train station, coat soaked, eyes empty.
What are the signals of First Person Point of View?
Use of I, me, my, we, our, but more importantly, a limited perspective — you only know what the narrator knows, sees, feels, or interprets.
What is a key tip about First Person narrators?
First-person narrators can be unreliable, especially when emotions or bias cloud their perception.
What is Second Person Point of View?
The narrator addresses the reader directly as ‘you,’ placing the reader inside the story or instructing them.
Example: You open the door slowly, not knowing what you’ll find. You breathe in the cold air and feel your hands tremble.
What are the signals of Second Person Point of View?
Constant use of you, your, yourself.
What is Third Person Point of View?
The narrator is outside the story, reporting events from a distance.
What are the types of Third Person Point of View?
Limited (follows one character’s thoughts/emotions), Omniscient (knows all characters’ thoughts and motivations), Objective (no access to any inner thoughts — just actions and dialogue).
What are the signals of Third Person Point of View?
He, she, they, it, the girl, the teacher, the cat.
What is an example of Third Person Point of View?
She paused at the door, unsure whether to knock. Inside, he watched the clock, waiting for her.
What is a Flat Character?
A character defined by one or two traits; often a stereotype with minimal development.
Example: The mean lunch lady who’s always grumpy and never changes.
What is a Static Character?
A character who does not undergo significant change over the course of the story.
Example: Sherlock Holmes — deeply complex, but his methods and character rarely shift.
What is a Round Character?
A well-developed, complex character with multiple layers, motivations, and often conflicting traits.
Example: Jay Gatsby — charming, mysterious, reckless, and deeply flawed.
What is a Dynamic Character?
A character who undergoes a significant internal change — emotional, moral, or psychological.
Example: Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, who learns to overcome her biases.
What is a Simple Sentence?
One independent clause (complete thought), no dependent clauses.
Example: The dog barked.
What is a Compound Sentence?
Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Example: The dog barked, and the mailman ran.
What is a Complex Sentence?
One independent clause and at least one dependent clause (which cannot stand alone).
Example: Although the dog barked, the mailman didn’t flinch.
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
At least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Example: Although the dog barked, the mailman didn’t flinch, and he continued delivering letters.
What is a Fragment?
An incomplete sentence — missing a subject, verb, or complete thought.
Example: Even though it was raining. (What happened? Incomplete.)
What is a Run-On Sentence?
Two or more independent clauses joined incorrectly, either with no punctuation or only a comma.
Example: She loves pizza she eats it daily. (Fix with a period, semicolon, or conjunction)
What is a Phrase?
A group of words that work as a unit but do not contain both a subject and verb.
Example: After school, Walking through the forest, To finish the exam on time.
What are the AAAWWUBBIS (pronounced AH-WUH-BISS) words that indicate a complex sentence
Although, after, as, when, while, unless, because, before, if, and since
