characterize - answerto describe someone's character by exposing their traits
conflict - answera disagreement; struggle
structure - answerthe skeleton, the foundation of a work
point of view - answerthe perspective from which a story is viewed or told. 3rd person
omniscient: out of it and functioning like a God. 3rd person limited: out of it and looking
in through the point of view of only one character
theme - answerthe overall word or sentence that sums up a story
purpose - answeran author's reason for writing something; intent to.
tone - answerthe way that the author portrays something, used as a synonym for
attitude
attitude - answerhow a writer or character feels about a given subject, character,
someone else, etc.
perspective - answerviewpoint, or way of seeing something; how you, a character, sees
something
irony - answerthe qualities of something thought to go our way, but goes the opposite
diction - answerspeech; selection of a word or vocabulary for a text
argument - answerdisagreement; organized attempt to persuade an audience to accept
a certain opinion or belief
oxymoron - answera two word contradiction
metaphor - answera comparison that doesn't use the words like or as
symbol - answersomething that represents something else
motif - answeran idea that appears most in a story
simile - answera comparison that uses like or as
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