Literary Terms and Concepts

Review 4

Point of View

Point of View Definition

•Refers to the perspective from which events in a story or novel are told

First V. Third Person•First-person point of view: Narrator is a character that tells everything in his or her own words

First V. Third Person•Third-person point of view: A story is told by a narrative voice outside of the action, not by one of the characters.

Limited V. Omniscient

•Third-person limited- the narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes.

Limited V. Omniscient

•Third-person omniscient-the narrator sees into the minds of more than one character

Protagonist

Protagonist Definition

•The central character or hero in a narrative or drama, usually the one with whom the audience tends to identify

Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction Definition

•A type of fiction that creates a truthful imitation of ordinary life

Realistic Fiction Example

•“The Banana Tree” by James Berry

Resolution

Resolution Definition•Falling Action

–Occurs at the end of a story

–Conflict is usually resolved

–Loose ends are tied up

Rising Action

Rising Action Definition

•Refers to the events in a story that move the plot along by adding complications and expanding the conflict.

Satire

Satire Definition•A literary technique in which:–Ideas or customs are ridiculed

–For the purpose of improving society

Satire Example•Charles Dickens uses satire in “A Christmas Carol” to point out the problems of 19th century England.

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Definition•A prose writing in which a writer

explores unexpected possibilities of the past or future–Using known scientific data and theories as well as

–His or her creative imagination.

Science Fiction Example

•“The Collecting Team”

Setting

Setting Definition•The time and place of action of a story

Short Story

Short Story Definition

•Much shorter than a novel•Can usually be read in one sitting