Characterization
Vocabulary
Theme
Plot
Miscellaneous
100
A 3 dimensional character that has multiple, and sometimes contradicting, character traits
What is a round character?
100
Soldiers stationed in a place to protect it
What is a garrison?
100
The central idea in a literary work that the author creates in order to help the reader learn a life lesson
What is theme?
100
The chronological order of events in a literary work
What is plot?
100
The person that is in the center of action in a literary work
What is a character?
200
The author explicitly states a character's traits.
What is direct characterization?
200
Over crowded or filled to full
What is congested?
200
The theme should apply to the entire world, so it should be ______________
What is universal theme?
200
The part of the plot that starts out as "The problem is solved when..."
What is the resolution?
200
An educated guess based on what you know about a subject and what you are reading about
What is an inference?
300
What characterization is this an example of.. "She slapped her boyfriend during the lunch."
What is internal characterization?
300
To ask earnestly; to beg
What is beseech?
300
A well written theme should apply to ________
What is everyone?
300
The protagonist, conflict, antagonist, and setting is introduced here
What is the exposition?
300
A character that does not change over the course of the plot
What is a flat character?
400
The acronym (word that stands for something else) to help you characterize a character
What is STEAL?
400
A quick and clever reply
What is a retort?
400
The length of a theme
What is a sentence?
400
The part of the plot that that does not include an event from the story
What is the resolution?
400
Person + Author's Attitude = ___________
What is tone?
500
State the specific internal characterization category: "Bailey ran home as fast as she could after her late night work shift."
What is actions?
500
Needing much effort; using a lot of energy?
What is strenuous?
500
A specific literary element related to the protagonist readers follow to determine the theme
What is the protagonist's conflict?
500
The order of the plot steps
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
Using the surrounding words to define an unfamiliar word
What are context clues?
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