MAP Vocab 221-230

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allegory

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A story in which the people, places, and things represent general concepts or moral qualities.

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point of view

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A character's perspective or the term that identifies how the story is told (1st, 2nd, 3rd).

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1st person POV

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Narrator is a person in the story (I).

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2nd person POV

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The narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you'.

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3rd person omniscient

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The narrator knows everything about the characters in the story.

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3rd person limited

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The narrator only knows everything about one character in the story.

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homophone

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Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

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sonnet

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A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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tone

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The author's attitude towards the subject.

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aphorism

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A short statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.