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Literary Devices
Fictional Literary Devices: Irony and Point of View
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mood | how the reader or observer feels about text/art |
| static character | a character who does not change during the story. |
| tone | attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |
| perspective | point of view |
| 1st person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our ) |
| 2nd person point of view | when the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You" |
| 3rd person omniscient | an all-knowing character tells the story and everything about the characters, thoughts and feelings |
| 3rd person limited | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| 3rd person | narrator is outside of the story. |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| indirect Foreshadowing | hinting at an outcome or event by leaving subtle clues to the plotline (you may realize them afterwards) |
| direct foreshadowing | when the author gives exact clues to future events |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows something that the character does not |
| situational irony | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected |
| verbal irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. |
| Suspense | uncertainty the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story |
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