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la voce narrante
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the narrative voice (who tells the story and from where)
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il punto di vista / la prospettiva
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the point of view
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il narratore in prima persona
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first-person narrator (uses «io»)
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il narratore in terza persona
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third-person narrator (uses «lui/lei»)
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il narratore onnisciente
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omniscient narrator (knows everything, even hidden thoughts)
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il tono / l'atmosfera
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the tone / mood (the feeling/attitude of the writing)
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il registro
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the register (formal, informal, poetic…)
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la metafora
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metaphor — calls one thing another directly («il tempo è un ladro»)
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la similitudine
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simile — compares using «come» («fedele come un cane»)
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l'immagine / il linguaggio figurato
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imagery — vivid sensory detail
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il simbolo / la simbologia
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symbol/symbolism — an object that stands for an idea
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la personificazione
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personification — gives human traits to a thing («il mare respirava»)
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What is the one rule that tells a simile from a metaphor?
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A similitudine uses «come» (or «sembra»/«pare»); a metafora drops «come» 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 (il/la narratore/narratrice) is the voice inside the work; the author (l'autore/l'autrice) is the real writer. A first-person «io» is the narrator, not the author.
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