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Grade 6 Lit Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story (uses the pronoun I) |
| 3rd person point of view | the events are told by someone outside the story (uses the pronouns he/she, uses character's name) |
| antagonist | The character who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero or protagonist of a literary work. |
| character | A person, an animal, or even a machine in a story. |
| conflict | A struggle that gives the story its energy. |
| external conflict | A character's struggle with another person, or with a force of nature (a tornado, a bear, an icy mountain path). |
| internal conflict | A struggle that takes place within a character's mind (usually a decision or a choice has to be made). |
| mood | A distinctive emotional quality of a literary work (the way the story makes the reader feel). |
| narrator | The character who tells the story to the audience. |
| plot | The story's skeleton. A series of related events in a story, one growing out of another |
| point of view | The vantage point from which a story is told (who is telling the story). |
| protagonist | The leading character, hero, or heroine of a literary work. |
| setting | The time and place of a story. |
| theme | The main idea the story expresses about life and people. What the author intends to say to the reader by writing the story. The message that we take away from the story |
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