Character
What is a protagonist?
What is the main character in a story?
What is a conflict?
A struggle between opposing forces
What does Characterization mean?
What is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of the characters?
What does Genre mean?
a major category or type of literature
What is foreshadowing?
The author's use of clues to hint at what will happen later...it often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
What is an antagonist?
What is a character or force in conflict with the main character
What is an internal conflict?
What is a conflict within the character's mind? Character vs. character
What is a direct characterization?
The author directly states a character's traits
What is a theme?
What is the moral of the story? Or the lesson learned?
What is mood?
How the reader feels about the text while reading.
What is a static character?
A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end
What is an external conflict?
A struggle between a character and an outside force...does not have to be a person....can be man vs nature/man vs society/man vs fate etc.
What is an indirect characterization?
The character is revealed through their personality, appearance, words, actions, and effect on others...traits are NOT directly stated by the author
What is a flashback?
A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events
What does tone mean?
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through his choice of words as well as what is what may be left out
What is a dynamic character?
a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude....he learns a lesson resulting in this change
What is a medium?
how something is conveyed...ie: artwork/film (visual)/written
What does dialogue mean?
Conversation between characters (NOT a conversation within only one character's mind)
What does suspense mean?
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen....it is the feeling that keeps a reader reading--that need to know feeling
What is an allusion?
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
What is a flat character?
A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics...often developed upon a stereotype quality
Do an antagonist and a protagonist have opposing conflicts? Why?
Yes, the protagonist is the main character/hero of story while the antagonist is the force/conflict in the story.
What is a round character?
this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background
What does dialect mean?
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. It could be considered informal language (Y'all/fixin'/pop)
What is a motive?
a reason for doing something...why a character does what he does