Characterization
What consists of the author telling the audience what a character is like. A narrator may give this information, or a character in the story may do it?
Direct Characterization
involves the use of either of the pronoun “you”.
Second Person
The end of the story where the problem of the story is resolved or worked out.
The resolution
identifies and establishes the time, place and mood of the events of the story
Setting
The author or creator's credibility, believability, character, and/or likeability
ethos
______ are complex and undergo development; are most like real people because they have depth.
Round Character
involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we”.
First Person
is a decisive moment or a turning point in a story line at which the rising action turns around into a falling action. Thus, a ____ is the point at which a conflict or crisis reaches its peak.
Climax
the use of indicative word or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense
Foreshadowing
a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
Verbal irony
_________ consists of the author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character’s thoughts, words, and deeds. This requires the audience to make inferences about why a character would say or do those things.
Indirect Characterization
a narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character in the story.
Omniscient Narrator
is the series of events which take place after the climax. Tension usually decreases and the story works towards the resolution.
Falling Action
is the attitude a writer takes toward a subject. _____ reflects the feelings of the writer
Tone
arises as soon as a character experiences two opposite emotions or desires; usually virtue or vice, or good and evil inside them
internal conflict
are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.
Flat Character
involves the use of pronouns like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they” or a name.
Third Person
used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience. Includes things such as time of day and year, historic time, place, weather, and geographic location among other things
Exposition
how the author makes the reader feel about what they are reading.
Mood
The emotional appeal of the speaker/author
pathos
______ is a character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
Static Character
only knows the thoughts and feelings of some characters.
Limited Narrator
a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative. In literary works, a ______ includes all decisions, characters’ flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.
Rising Action
the base that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece, links all aspects of the literary work with one another and is basically the main subject
Theme
a character who undergoes an important inner change, such as a change in personality or attitude.
Dynamic Character