Literary Terms
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smittyfive Plus on November 10, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 narrator | a person telling a story |
| first-person narrative | a form of writing in which the story is told from the perspective of a character in the story |
| third-person narrative | a form of writing in which the story is told from on omniescient point of view; all characters are referred to as "he" or "she." |
| plot | the sequence of events that make up a literary work; the structure of the story |
| setting | the background (as time and place) of the action of a story or play |
| gothic | a style of literature emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious and desolate |
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