Figurative Language Vocabulary

1st Person POV

• One of the character is telling the story; I, me, my

• The story is talking directly to you

• the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• The narrator knows everything about everyone, incl. emotions & thoughts; uses pronouns him, her, they, them.

2nd Person POV

• One of the characters is telling the story; uses pronouns I, my, we, us

• The narrator knows everything about everyone, incl. emotions & thoughts; uses pronouns him, her, they, them.

• the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• the story is talking directly to you

3rd Person Limited POV

• The narrator knows everything about everyone, incl. emotions & thoughts; uses pronouns him, her, they, them.

• the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• One of the characters is telling the story; uses pronouns I, my, we, us

• the story is talking directly to you

3rd Person Omniscient POV

• the story is talking directly to you

• The narrator knows everything about everyone, incl. emotions & thoughts; uses pronouns him, her, they, them.

• the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• One of the characters is telling the story; uses pronouns I, my, we, us

Alliteration

• The most important point the author makes

• opposite of the expected outcome

• repeating the same beginning consonant sound in two or more words

• The dictionary definition of a word

Allusion

• extreme exaggeration

• the perspective from which a story is told

• sarcasm; using words to mean something different than how they appear

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Central Idea

• The most important point the author makes

• when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter

Connotation

• The dictionary definition of a word

• How the reader feels about the text while reading.

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

Denotation

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• repeating the same beginning consonant sound in two or more words

• The dictionary definition of a word

Dramatic Irony

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

• The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

• the perspective from which a story is told