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la perspective narrative
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the narrative perspective (who tells the story and from where)
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l’angle de vue / le point de vue
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the point of view
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le narrateur à la première personne
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first-person narrator (uses « je »)
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le narrateur à la troisième personne
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third-person narrator (uses « il/elle »)
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le narrateur omniscient
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omniscient narrator (knows everything, even hidden thoughts)
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le ton / l’atmosphère
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the tone / mood (the feeling/attitude of the writing)
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le registre
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the register (formal, informal, poetic…)
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la métaphore
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metaphor — calls one thing another directly (« le temps est un voleur »)
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la comparaison
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simile — compares using « comme » (« fidèle comme un chien »)
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l’image / le langage figuré
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imagery — vivid sensory detail
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le symbole / la symbolique
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symbol/symbolism — an object that stands for an idea
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la personnification
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personification — gives human traits to a thing (« la mer respirait »)
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What is the one rule that tells a simile from a metaphor?
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A comparaison uses « comme » (or « tel »/« semblable à »); a métaphore drops « comme » and says it *is* the thing.
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What is the difference between the narrator and the author?
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The narrator (le narrateur / la narratrice) is the voice inside the work; the author (l’auteur / l’autrice) is the real writer. A first-person « je » is the narrator, not the author.
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