Character-
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Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Direct characterization
The reason why a character acts the way they do.
Character motivation
The three types of irony
Dramatic, situational, verbal
The meaning of bless your heart
Someone has made a stupid mistake
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The acronym used for indirect characterization
STEAL
The motivation for Moana venturing off to explore the ocean.
Curiosity
The audience knows something the character does not
Dramatic irony
A phrase or expression that uses a non-literal meaning attached to the phrase
Idiom
The comparison of two dissimilar things using like or as
Simile
The word that represents the letter "A" in the steal acronym
Action
The motivation that does not belong to the seven character motivations: Curiosity, Love, Money, Revenge, Success, Power, Anger
Revenge
The outcome is contrary to what was expected
Situational irony
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory
Paradox
The figurative, emotional, and cultural meaning attached to a word
Connotation
Both indirect and direct characterization
True or False: A character can only possess a single motivation
False
True or False: Two women show up to a dinner in the same dress
False
The three types of paradoxes
Antinomy, Falsidical, Veridical
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
Allusion
The words representing each letter in the acronym, STEAL
Speech, Thoughts, Effects, Actions, Looks
The seven character motivations
Success, Survival, Anger, Love, Power, Money, Curiosity
Often confused for irony
The meaning of paradoxes
Distinct from our opinion
The meaning, moral or message of a story
Theme