Literary Elements Vocab

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1st Person POV

Back

Narration using "I" or "We".

Front

2nd Person POV

Back

Narrator speaks to the audience using "you".

Front

3rd Person LIMITED POV

Back

Narrator sees only from one character's perspective.

Front

3rd Person OMNISCIENT POV

Back

Narrator sees from all characters' perspectives.

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Situational Irony

Back

When the reader expects one thing, but the opposite happens.

Front

Verbal Irony

Back

A character says one thing, but means the opposite.

Front

Dramatic Irony

Back

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

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Conflict

Back

a struggle between opposing forces in a story

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Internal Conflict

Back

Conflict within a character (Person vs. Self)

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External Conflict

Back

Conflict outside the character (Person vs. supernatural/technology/person/society/nature).