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1ST PERSON As I walked to school,I had a feeling this was going to be a good day.
3RD PERSON LIMITED Jack, as he rushed to school, felt that this was going to be a good day
3RD PERSON OMNISCIENT Jack, rushing to school thought to himself, "This is going to be a great day." Susan who say him enter thought to herself, "Jack seems really happy now, but wait until I give him a piece of my mind for what he did to my best friend, Karen."
3RD PERSON OBJECTIVE Jack was a student at Kendal High School. Jack seemed to be happy as he entered the school for classes.
SETTING the environment in which the story takes place
FORESHADOWING gives reader clues about what will happen later in the story
THEME the main ideas of the story
SIMILE comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
CHARACTERIZATION the art of creating and developing a character
PERSONIFICATION giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
POINT OF VIEW the perspective from which the story is told
DIALOGUE the actual words the characters speak
STRUCTURE the framework that determines how a story is put together
CONFLICT the central source of tensions and drama in the story
HYPERBOLE an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect
PROTAGONIST the main character in the story
MOOD the overall feeling created by an author's choice of words
IRONY when a speaker intends a meaning opposite to what he/she says
NARRATOR the speaker who tells the story
CHARACTER a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
ANTAGONIST one who is at odds or who is against the protagonist
DYNAMIC CHARACTER a character who changes or grows during the literary selection
STATIC CHARACTER a person who stays the same throughout the book
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