Characterization
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. ...
characterization
This is where your story begins. It sets the stage by introducing the setting, mood, main character, supporting characters, and time. This is where you start to build your world and give your readers the context they need to understand the rest of the story. What part of a plot diagram does this define?
Exposition
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. Is the definition for which type of character?
Protagonist
The Acronym to recall the 3 types of an Author's purpose for writing.
What is PIE?
The four main literary genres.
What are poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama?
Literary technique in where the author explicitly tells the reader a characters personality, qualities, and traits.
Direct Characterization
The part of a plot diagram is where things start to heat up. It's a series of events that build tension and challenge your main character as they try to resolve the conflict. This is where your story's momentum really starts to build.
What is Rising action?
A type of charater is a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
What is Antagonist?
The 3 main purposes for writing.
What are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain?
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is genre?
Literary technique where a character's personality and traits are revealed through their actions, speech, thoughts, and interactions with other characters, rather than being directly stated by the author
Indirect characterization
The part of a plot diagram is the problem, crisis, or obstacle that your main character must face. It's the driving force of your story, the thing that propels your character into action and keeps your readers hooked.
What is the Conflict?
A type of character in literature, theater, or film that is readily recognizable and accepted by the audience due to a specific, well-defined stereotypes or role.
What is Stock?
Narration is told from a characters perspective. Pronouns: he, she, they are used in writing.
What is Third Person?
A literary genre that explores imagined scientific developments and their potential impact on society, individuals, and the future.
What is science fiction?
The acronym STEAL stand for these words in indirect characterization.
What is Says, Thinks, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks?
The part of a plot diagram is where all the loose ends are tied up, and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion.
It's the final note in your symphony, the last piece of the puzzle that brings everything together.
What is the Resolution?
A type of character in literature or drama undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
Narration is told by an all knowing narrator. Pronouns he, she, and they are used in narration.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
Stories, often passed down through generations, that explain the origins of the world, the gods, and the nature of existence.
What is a myth?
In the story Sunrise on th Reaping, "Haymitch was actually well liked by a lot of people, he had a girlfriend and he had a big group of allies in the games."
Which step of the STEAL acronym is represented by the quotation above?
Effect on others
The part of a plot diagram is the turning point of your story, the moment of highest tension and excitement.
It's where the main character confronts the conflict head-on and the outcome of the story is decided.
What is the Climax?
A character who does not undergo any significant change in personality or character throughout the story.
What is a Static character?
Narration is told by a character in the story. Pronouns I, me, and we are used in narration.
What is first person?
A genre of speculative fiction that aims to evoke fear, dread, and unease in the reader.
What is horror fiction?