Characterization
This method of characterization occurs when the author explicitly states what a character is like.
What is direct characterization?
The universal message/lesson of the story
What is the theme?
This device compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Asking a question to the audience that is meant to make a point or emphasize an idea rather than actually get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
When an author reveals what a character is like through their actions, speech, physical appearance, or the reactions of others.
What is indirect characterization?
The main idea is what the text is mainly about. The theme is the life lesson or the message the author wants you to convey.
What is the difference between the main idea and theme?
A phrase or expression with a figurative meaning that cannot be understood from the literal definitions of its individual words. (e.g., "raining cats and dogs")
What is an idiom?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
What are The Three Appeals?
An acronym used to remember methods of indirect characterization: Appearance, Speaks, Thinks, Actions, and Reacts.
What is A.S.T.A.R.?
A character cheats to win, loses all their friends, and regrets it. Guess the theme
What does honesty matter?
A 14-line poem is usually this type of poem.
What is a sonnet?
Studies show that gas prices have gone up since the Iran War.
What is an example of logos?
Another popular acronym for indirect characterization standing for Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks.
What is S.T.E.A.L.?
The Lion King teaches this theme when Simba learns to accept responsibility.
What is growing up/responsibility?
This sound device involves the repetition of final vowel sounds in stressed syllables (e.g., fleet/sleek or deep/sleep).
What is a rhyme?
A commercial showing dogs in cages with sad music and a woman discussing their suffering, asking for donations. What rhetorical device is used?
What is an example of pathos?
If an author writes, "Jane slammed her book shut and stormed out of the room," it is this type of characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
“The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches this theme.
What is "slow and steady wins the race"/"perseverance"?
This is the recurring pattern of sound, created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is a rhythm?
A falsely restricted argument that presents only two options when many more exist (e.g., "You can either go to college or be broke for the rest of your life.")
What is the either/or fallacy argument?