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die Erzählperspektive
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the narrative perspective (who tells the story and from where)
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der Blickwinkel / der Standpunkt
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the point of view
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der Ich-Erzähler
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first-person narrator (uses «ich»)
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der Er-/Sie-Erzähler
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third-person narrator (uses «er/sie»)
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der auktoriale (allwissende) Erzähler
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authorial/omniscient narrator (knows everything, even hidden thoughts)
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der Ton / die Stimmung
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the tone / mood (the feeling/attitude of the writing)
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das Register
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the register (formal, informal, poetic…)
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die Metapher
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metaphor — calls one thing another directly («die Zeit ist ein Dieb»)
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der Vergleich
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simile — compares using «wie» («treu wie ein Hund»)
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das Bild / die Bildsprache
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imagery — vivid sensory detail
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das Symbol / die Symbolik
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symbol/symbolism — an object that stands for an idea
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die Personifikation
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personification — gives human traits to a thing («das Meer atmete»)
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What is the one rule that tells a simile from a metaphor?
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A Vergleich uses «wie» (or «schien»/«gleicht»); a Metapher drops «wie» 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 (der/die Erzähler/in) is the voice inside the work; the author (der/die Autor/in) is the real writer. A first-person «ich» is the narrator, not the author.
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