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Fiction Terms Set #2

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  • verbal irony
    what is said is opposite of what is meant
  • 3rd person omniscient point of view
    the all-knowing narrator describes many characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions
  • 1st person point of view
    the narrator is one of the characters; the reader is told only what this character knows and observes
  • symbol
    A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something more than itself
  • foreshadowing
    the technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative
  • 3rd person limited point of view
    the narrator describes the feelings a perceptions of only one character
  • dramatic irony
    the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not know
  • tone
    a reflection of an author's attitude toward a subject or theme
  • situational irony
    the opposite of what is expected happens
  • flashback
    the technique of stopping the chronological action in a story and shifting to an earlier period to introduce additional information
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