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| where the author uses one person's point of view, normally the main character, to tell the story |
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| god-like narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters |
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| the point of view is from an outsider, who frequently refers to characters with third-person pronouns (he, she, they) |
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| the writer's distinctive use of language in a story, the choice of words (diction) and attitude expressed (tone) |
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| the attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the reader |
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| what are the 7 ways to discover theme? |
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1) ask how the protagnist changes
2)how the conflict is resolved
3)how the title of the work has a significance and hints at the theme
4)a single sentence w/a subject and opinion
5)not the sameas a moral-what does it reveal
6) expressed as a generalization, universally connected
7)no one correct theme- don't throw out random things |
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| relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics |
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| main idea of the story that is a generalization, unversally connected to something |
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| a writer or speaker says one thing but they mean the opposite |
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| what is expected to happen is the opposite of what occurs |
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the reader or audience knows something the character does not
-suspese or homor |
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an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
-something that can be taken two ways |
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| commonly accepted symbols based on a community (i.e. the cross) |
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| a symbol that only applies to the text |
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| the use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such to evoke mental images and sense impressions by using words in a nonliteral way, giving them a meaning beyond their ordinary one |
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| why does the author use symbols? |
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| to go deeper and drive human emotion to relate to the character, setting, or conflict |
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| stories when a character and places stand for vallue and virtue or vices |
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| what are the three levels of characters? |
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| literal level, symbolic/allegorical level, and universal theme |
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| What are some hints to finding symbols? |
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1)symbols are often visual
2)often reappears throughout the story
3)item of figurative lanuage
4)usually something to do with the theme |
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