Kinds of Characters
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100
One who supports the main character throughout the story.
What is a Minor Character?
100
When a character speaks directly to the audience without the other characters being aware.
What is an Aside?
100
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
100
When the words do not literally mean what they say, like a simile or a metaphor.
What is Figurative Language?
100
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
What is Imagery?
200
One who dominates the story.
What is a Major Character?
200
An act of speaking one’s thoughts out loud when alone.
What is a Soliloquy?
200
Resemblance of sound, especially in vowels.
What is Assonance?
200
Language used in formal situations (like a job interview).
What is Formal Language?
200
Two lines of verse, usually joined by rhyme, forming a unit.
What is a Couplet?
300
A character who is very different from the main character so that they bring out certain qualities in the main character.
What is a Foil Character?
300
A long speech.
What is a Monologue?
300
The use of words that imitate the sounds of the objects that they are describing.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
Language used when talking to family and friends.
What is Informal Language?
300
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.
What is a Stanza?
400
One who changes and grows throughout the story.
What is a Dynamic Character?
400
A state of mind or feeling
What is a Mood?
400
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.
What is Context?
400
Use these words and phrases when switching subjects.
What is Transition Sentences or Transitions?
400
A verse without rhyme.
What is a Blank Verse?
500
One who does not change and grow throughout the story.
What is a Static Character?
500
The writer’s attitude toward the materials and/or readers.
What is Tone?
500
The narrator’s perspective from which the story is told.
What is Point of View?
500
The person who is talking. Either a narrator, or an actual speaker (one giving a speech).
What is a Speaker?
500
The readers for whom a text is intended.
What is an Audience?
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