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SETTING

• Time and place of action in a story
• Includes all details: year, time of day, weather

CHARACTERS

• Protagonist: the leading character, hero or heroine (good guy).
• Antagonist: a person or group of people who oppose the main character (bad guy).

CONFLICT

• A struggle experienced by a character.
• Internal: struggle occurring in character's mind.
• External: struggle occurring outside of the character's mind.
• Devil and angel v Sparta

MOOD

• The overall emotional quality of the selection or part of selection.
• Mood is created by imagery, word choice, events and other elements.
• (Awed, melancholic, thoughtful, hopeful, etc)

TONE

• The attitude adopted by the narrator or by a character
• (Joyful, sad, frightened, urgent, etc)

SPEAKER

• The name given to the voice of a person.

IMAGE

• A word or phrase that names something that can be seen, heard, touched,
• Tasted, or smelled.
• A collection or group of images is called imagery.
• Painting a picture using words instead of paintbrushes

HYPERBOLE

• An exaggeration for emphasis (effect)
• Ex) I will love you until the end of time

SIMILE

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• Ex) My love is like a red rose

METAPHOR

• A figure of speech without using the words "like" or "as"
• Ex) My love is a red rose

PERSONIFICATION

• A figure of speech in which non human thing is described with human qualities
• Ex) The wind screamed outside the window

SYMBOL

• Something that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself.

REPETITION

• The use of any element, such as a sound, word, phrase , clause
• Or sentence, multiple times.
• Mom mom mom clip

IRONY

• A contradiction, such as appearance vs. reality
• Ironic statements often convey a meaning exactly the opposite of it's literal meaning

SITUATIONAL IRONY

• A situation which actions have an effect that is opposite of what is intended
• The others clip

DRAMATIC IRONY

• The audience or reader's knowledge of events surpasses the character's knowledge

POINT OF VIEW

• The way the author allows you to see and hear what is going on
• The attitude or outlook of the character

1ST PERSON POV

• Author uses the words "I" and "We"
• Narrator tells the story

2ND PERSON POV

• Uses the words "you" and "yours"
• Ex) Dear Amy, please remember to do your dishes! Love, Tiara

3RD PERSON POV

• Most common
• Author uses "he" "she" "they" "theirs"

UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

• Credibility had been seriously compromised
• Girl interrupted clip

TEST FOR KNOWLEDGE

• Hook Clip
• Girl Interrupted Clip
• Mrs. Doubt fire Clip