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Definitions:

• theme: main idea/underlying meaning (may be stated directly or indirectly); universal truth, insight to how the writer sees the world/how the world works; opinion expressed on subject
• subject: topic which acts as foundation for literary work 
• plot summary: what happened 
• critical analysis: what happened & why

Point of View:

• 1st person: (singular, plural)

your own voice/ideas, personal narrative
don't use in formal essays unless giving your personal experience as argumentative evidence!
subjective- "I", "we"
objective- "me", "us"
possessive- "my/mine", "our/ours"

• 2nd person:

talking to another person
do not use in formal essays!
"you", "yours", "yourself", "yourselves"

• 3rd person:

-limited: narrator knows feelings & thoughts of only one character
-omniscient: narrator knows feelings & thoughts of all characters, "God-like" narrator, all knowing

Grammar:

• it's: contraction, "it is"
• its: possessive

• who's: contraction, "who is"
• whose: possessive