Characterization
Literary Terms
Literary Language
Point of View
Random
100
a character that has only one or two main characteristics
What is flat character
100
the writer's attitude toward his or her subject and audience conveyed by the language
What is tone
100
Comparison between two unlike things
What is metaphor
100
Voice telling the story, first person I second person you, third person he.
What is narrator
100
The guy standing in the way of the protagonist
What is antagonist
200
a character that is well developed and has many characteristics and concerns, like real people
What is round character
200
the time, place, and atmosphere of a story
What is setting
200
Bestowing human characteristics on nonhuman objects things
What is personification
200
Narrator sees the world through only one characters eyes and thoughts.
What is third person limited
200
A great exaggeration of a point
What is hyperbole
300
a character that goes through a significant change
What is dynamic character
300
the atmosphere or feeling a story creates in the reader, usually created by the setting
What is mood
300
Formation of a word from a sound... For example BOOM
What is Onomatopoeia
300
a character tells the story by using the pronoun "I"
What is first person point of view
300
Sound device that emphasizes the similarity of initial consonant sounds of words in close proximity
What is alliteration
400
a character that does NOT significantly change
What is static character
400
a person, place, thing, or event that represents both itself and a larger idea or feeling
What is symbol
400
a conversation between two or more persons in a book or play
What is dialogue
400
story is told in words of a character... Use the words you
What is second person point of view
400
conflict of one person against another
What is man vs. man conflict
500
the author gives clues about a character through the character's actions, words, thoughts, feelings, and other characters' reactions
What is indirect characterization
500
the central message, concern, or purpose that can be expressed as a general statement about people or life
What is theme
500
a scene in a film, play, book etc that shows something that happened before that point in the story
What is flashback
500
Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.
What is third person omniscient point of view
500
When a character is struggling with themselves on the inside
What is man vs. self conflict
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