literary terms
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Literary Terms. Point of View. 3 types: Ist person 3 rd Person Limited 3 rd person Omniscient. 1 st Person. I, me, my, we Story is told from main character’s point of view Benefits: Readers see events from the perspective of an important character - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Literary Terms
Point of ViewO 3 types:
O Ist person
O 3rd Person Limited
O 3rd person Omniscient
1st PersonO I, me, my, weO Story is told from main character’s
point of viewO Benefits:
O Readers see events from the perspective of an important character
O Readers often understand the main character better
1st PersonO Drawbacks
O Narrator may be unreliable-insane, naïve, deceptive, narrow minded
O Readers see only one perspective which makes the story very limited
3rd Person Limited
O Narrator can see into ONE character’s mind
O All characters have thought privacy except ONE
O Gives the impression that we are very close to the mind of that ONE character, though viewing it from a distance
3rd Person OmniscientO All knowingO The narrator can see into the minds
of all charactersO Godlike narratorO He/she can enter character's minds
and know everything that is going, past, present, and future
O May be a narrator outside the text
ConflictO Struggle between two opposing
forces
O The plot is created around the conflict of the story…
O Introduced in the rising action…
ConflictO External Conflict:
O Man vs. ManO Man vs. Society
O Internal ConflictO Man vs. Self
External ConflictO Man vs. Man
O A character struggles with another character.
O Protagonist vs. Antagonist
External ConflictO Man vs. Society
O In this conflict, a character or a group of characters fight against the society in which they live.
O The character fights against social traditions or rules (fight for freedom, rights, for a cause, etc.)
Internal ConflictO Man vs. Self
O The character’s struggle takes place in his/her own mind.
O Usually has something to do with a choice (choosing between right and wrong), or it may have to do with overcoming emotions or mixed feelings.
CharacterizationO Direct: The author tells the reader
about a character (looks and personality)
O Indirect: shows things that reveal the personality of a characterO Ex from MDG:
O Speech – What does the character say? How does the character speak?
O Thoughts – What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings
O Effects – what is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?
Indirect Characterization
O Actions – What does a character DO? How dose the character behave?
O Looks – What does the character look like? How does the character dress?