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2B-2nd Six Weeks

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1st Point of View a story told from the inside; It’s personal to the narrator and uses words like “I” and “My.”
3rd Point of View The writer is inside the character’s head; tells the story of the main character but uses words like.
anecdote a short, personal, real-life story about something funny, interesting, or surprising that happened to you or someone you know; short true story.
figurative language when you use words creatively to mean something other than their usual, literal meaning, helping to make writing more exciting and paint a picture in the reader's mind
hyperbole You make something sound much bigger, better, worse, or more extreme than it really is; an exaggeration.
imagery when writers use descriptive words to help you picture or imagine something in your mind, making a story or poem come alive for you; appeals to the five senses.
literal language words that say exactly what they mean, using their basic, dictionary definitions, so there's no hidden meaning or exaggeration.
metaphor a fun way to compare things to help explain ideas or create strong images without being too literal; doesn’t use like or as.
simile a way to compare two different things using the words "like" or "as" to make a description more vivid or interesting
sound device a tool a writer uses to make their words sound interesting, catchy, and musical; includes alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, and repetition.
voice a character's unique personality or a story's special style, which comes from how the author uses words, sentence structure, and tone to make the writing feel alive
stereotyping when you think everyone in a certain group is the same; generalizations that don't consider that people in the same group are unique individuals.
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