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Literature Elements
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Literature
6th Grade
03/07/2006

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First Person
Definition
A character in the story is tellnig what they observe and how they feel.
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Third-person objective
Definition
A person outside of the story is telling what is happening.
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Third-person limited
Definition
A narrator is inside the mind of one of the characters, he tells about the thoughts and feelings of that character.
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Omniscient
Definition
The person telling the story knows everything about ALL the characters, including their feelings and thoughts.
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Setting
Definition
When and where a story takes place. Setting can change.
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Conflict
Definition
The problem a character must solve.
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Internal Conflict
Definition
Character battles with their own feelings, thoughts, morals.
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External Conflict
Definition
Character must battle with others in some way.
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Person versus Person
Definition
Character battles against another Person.
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Person versus Society
Definition
Character battles views or actions of society.
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Person versus Beast
Definition
Character battles an animal or monster.
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Person versus Elements
Definition
Person versus nature: tornado, flood, blizzard, draught, earthquake...
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Person versus Fate
Definition
Character battles with their good luck or back luck (fate).
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Theme
Definition
Meaning of the story
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Theme
Definition
The meaning of the story requires a lot of thought and figuring out.
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Events
Definition
What happens to characters during the story. Facts, actions.
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Tone
Definition
The author's feelings about what they are writing. How the author says things.
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Mood
Definition
How readers feel when they read what the author wrote. Readers mood can change based on how the author says things.
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Simile
Definition
Compares two things using "like" or "as".

"He is strong as a horse."

"Float like a butterflfy, Sting like a bee."
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Metaphor
Definition
comparing two UNrelated things. Doesn't use "like" or "as".

"The snow was a white blanket."
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Hyperbole
Definition
An exaggeration to show how extreme something is.

"I have told you a MILLION times..."
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Alliteration
Definition
Two or more words used in a row that start with the same sound. ALLiteration means ALL the words start with the same sound.

"perfect people paint pictures."
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Personification
Definition
Giving inanimate (nonliving) things human like characteristics.

"The sun smiled down upon us."

The sun can't smile, but it can make us smile.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that imitate sounds.

Drip, plop, Ka-choo, Yawn, buzz...
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