Literary Terms

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What is Third Person Limited Point of View?

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A narrative perspective where the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, using pronouns like 'he', 'she', or 'they'. The narrator is not a character in the story.

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What is a Theme in literature?

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A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.

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What is Genre?

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A major category or type of literature, such as fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, mystery, or historical fiction.

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What is Internal Conflict?

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The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something inside themselves, such as emotions or decisions.

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What is Tone in writing?

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The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing, which can influence how the reader feels.

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What is External Conflict?

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A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, or nature.

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What is Mood in literature?

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The atmosphere or emotional setting created by a piece of writing, influencing how the reader feels.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect, without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Plot?

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The sequence of events that make up a story, including the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.