1 st Person Point of View

1. 1st Person Point of View • When a character in the story tells the story

2. 3rd Person Limited • Narrator sees the world through one character’s eyes and reveals only that character’s thoughts

3. 3rd Person Omniscient • Narrator can tell readers what any character thinks or feels

4. Imagery • The verbal expression of sensory experience; descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures; imagery is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses (touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing) • NOT what the character is feeling (emotions)

5. Motif • A recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work.

6. Foreshadowing • The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action

7. Verbal Irony • Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

8. Dramatic Irony • Contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true

9. Situational Irony • Event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.