Essay Help (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

Perspective from which story is told

Comparison stating one thing is another

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Human qualities attributed to non-human things

Human emotions attributed to weather/environment

Symbols representing larger ideas or themes

Hints/clues about what will happen later in story

More than one narrative voice or perspective

Scene set in time earlier than main story

Novel as letters, diary entries, or documents

Narrative ending in same place it began

Placing contrasting ideas/characters/scenes together

Narrator whose credibility is compromised

Story told from one character's perspective using 'I' or 'we'

Narrator knows all thoughts, actions, feelings of every character