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The perspective from which a story is told. How a writer chooses to narrate a story.
Point of View
The narrator is a character, usually the main character. Uses “I” and “me”.
First Person POV
The story is told by a narrator who refers to the reader as “you.”
Second Person POV
The story is told by a narrator who is not involved in the story. It refers to the characters by name or by using the pronouns “he,” “she,” and “they.”
3rd Person POV
The narrator is outside of the story and tells only one character’s thoughts and feelings.
3rd Person Limited
The character working against the protagonist
Antagonist
The most exciting part where the character comes face-to-face with the conflict, the turning point
climax
The events and actions that build suspense and move the plot along
rising action
A scene that goes back to events that have already happened in a story
flashback
Hints or clues about future events in a story
foreshadow
The reader’s emotions or feelings as they read a text
mood
A logical conclusion the reader makes based on background knowledge and evidence from the text
inference
The message or lesson an author wants readers to learn
theme
the most important idea about the topic that a writer or speaker conveys. It can be the central idea of an entire work or of just a paragraph.
main idea/central idea
trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence
author's purpose to persuade
briefly restates the main idea and important details
summary
