Terms for Seven Habits Project Point of View

Terms for Seven Habits Project

Point of View • the position of the narrator in relation to the story Where is the Narrator trying To take me?

First Person Point of View • the narrator is a character in the story • the first person commonly uses: "I saw, We did, ", etc Example: I jumped out of the plane.

Objective Point of View • can record only what is seen and heard. It cannot comment, interpret, or enter a character's mind. The purest example of a story told from the objective point would be one written entirely in dialogue.

Omniscient Point of View • The story is told by the author, using the third person, and his knowledge and choices are unlimited. He can interpret the behavior of his characters; he can comment, if he wishes, on the significance of the story he is telling.

Limited Omniscient Point of View The author tells the story in the third person, but he tells it from the viewpoint of one character in the story

Anaphora • Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.

Anaphora ~ Example • "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. " (Winston Churchill, speech to the House of Commons, June 4, 1940)

Anaphora ~ Example • "To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. " » Hillary Clinton, 1996 Democratic National Convention Address

Anaphora ~ Example • "To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. " » Hillary Clinton, 1996 Democratic National Convention Address • Note: Can you spot the alliteration?

Alliteration ~ Example • "To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. " » Hillary Clinton, 1996 Democratic National Convention Address

Hyperbole • An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.

Hyperbole ~ Example • "My senior year, I received a telephone call from a gentleman by the name of Mr. Gil Brandt of the Dallas Cowboys. And he stated that the Cowboys was interested in drafting me, and I couldn't ignore it. I decided to attend the Cowboys training camp. That year, 1967, the Dallas Cowboys had 137 rookies in training camp. Gil Brandt was signing everybody that could walk. Only five made the team that year, and I was one of the five. " – Larry Rayfield Wright, Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Address

Hyperbole ~ Example • "The only place where democracy comes before work is in the dictionary. " -- Ralph Nader, 2000 NAACP Address • You can thank me later, Evan!

Metaphor • An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

Metaphor ~ Example • "At the dawn of spring last year, a single act of terror brought forth the long, cold winter in our hearts. The people of Oklahoma City are mourning still. " – Al Gore, Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address

Simile • A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

Simile • "People in the streets see it now. They're running towards the East River -thousands of them dropping in like rats. Now the smoke's spreading faster. It's reached Times Square. People are trying to run away from it, but it's no use. They're falling like flies. " • delivered by Orson Wells (from the original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds)

Chiasmus • A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.

Chiasmus -Example • "Don't sweat the petty things--and don't pet the sweaty things. “ – (anonymous) • "I am stuck on Band-Aid, and Band-Aid's stuck on me. “ – (advertising jingle for Band-Aid bandages) • "Fair is foul, and foul is fair. “ – (William Shakespeare, Macbeth I. i)