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Lit Terms :)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Person | the narrator is a character in the story and shares his/her thoughts and feelings |
| Third Person Limited | the narrator is outside the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of all characters |
| third person omniscient | the narrator is outside the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of all characters |
| invention | selecting a perspective that is appropriate for your purpose and audience |
| persona | the speaker in a literary work |
| tone | the authors implied attitude about a subject |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using a connective |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things directly |
| personification | giving human qualities to objects, animals, plants or ideas |
| static | a character that dose not change much |
| dynamic | a character that changes in an important way |
| character motivation | the driving force behind a character's action |
| internal conflict | a struggle between opposite needs, desires or emotions within a single character |
| external conflict | when a character struggles against an outside force |
| theme | insight into human nature |
| ethos | the use of words, images and/or sounds to establish a reputation that will appeal to values of an audience and inspire audience to respect authority, admire integrity/motives or at least acknowledge what they stand for |
| pathos | the use of words, images and/or sounds that evoke certain emotions in an audience |
| logos | the use of words, images and/or sounds that appear reasonable to an audience |