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la voz narrativa
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the narrative voice (who tells the story)
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el punto de vista
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the point of view
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narrador en primera persona
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first-person narrator (uses «yo»)
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narrador en tercera persona
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third-person narrator (uses «él/ella»)
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narrador omnisciente
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omniscient narrator (knows everything, even hidden thoughts)
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el tono
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the tone (the feeling/attitude of the writing)
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el registro
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the register (formal, informal, poetic…)
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la metáfora
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metaphor — calls one thing another directly («el tiempo es un ladrón»)
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el símil / la comparación
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simile — compares using «como» («fiel como un perro»)
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la imagen / las imágenes
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imagery — vivid sensory detail
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el símbolo / el simbolismo
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symbol/symbolism — an object that stands for an idea
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la personificación
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personification — gives human traits to a thing («el mar respiraba»)
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What is the one rule that tells a simile from a metaphor?
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A símil uses «como» (or «parecía»); a metáfora drops «como» 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 (el/la narrador/a) is the voice inside the work; the author (el/la autor/a) is the real writer. A first-person «yo» is the narrator, not the author.
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