Definitions
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
The two types of characterization
What are direct and indirect?
Two pieces of information that can be found in the Exposition of a story include:
What are: setting, characters, basic situation?
List the three types of irony.
What are: verbal, situational, and dramatic?
This is the part of a nonfiction text where a reader would learn the topic of the article.
Making an educated guess based on information from the text
What is an inference?
A character who undergoes a change or who develops through the story
What is a dynamic character?
This is the part of the plot that is also known as the turning point, or the point of no return.
What is the Climax?
List the three points of view in storytelling.
What are 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient?
What is left out when writing an objective summary
What is bias or opinion?
The two major types of conflict
What are internal and external?
The type of characterization used when an author gives the reader information about a character's looks or speech
What is indirect characterization?
This is the part of the plot in which the reader finds out how things end up.
What is the resolution?
A narrator who is also a character in the story and uses "I" is using which point of view?
What is first person?
Other than the title, a feature of nonfiction texts
What is subheading, graphics, sections, captions, etc.
When an author explicitly states something about a character, like, "Mrs. Joes was a large woman."
What is direct characterization?
A character who does NOT change over the course of the story
What is a static character?
This is the part of the plot in which complications arise and the conflict is developed.
What is the rising action?
A narrator who goes into the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient?
In a nonfiction text, where a reader might find additional information about the subject presented visually
What is a graphic?
Something seen that stands for something unseen (like a dove for peace)
What is a symbol?
The letters in the acronym STEAL as they relate to characterization, stand for
What is: Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, Looks?
This is the part of the plot after the climax in which things begin to wrap up.
What is the falling action?
This is the type of irony I'm using if I spill my coffee, and I say, "Oh, great."
What is verbal irony?
What you should think like when summarizing a nonfiction text
What is a reporter?