Character
The primary function of a mark for greatness according to Foster
What is to differentiate a character or signal a trait?
time, place, and social environment
What is a setting?
This imagery appeals to the sense of sight
What is visual imagery?
This is a physical object, person, or place that represents an abstract idea.
What is a symbol?
What is "Lydia is dead, but they don't know this yet?"
When a character has a physical deformity in literature, it suggests that they are this, figuratively or literally.
What is "different" or "marked by fate?"
A setting can act as this nonhuman element, opposing the protagonist and their goals.
What is an antagonist?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of touch
This is the central message or "lesson" of literary works
What is theme?
This characters obsession with fitting in drives a lot of the tension in the story
What is Marilyn or James Lee?
This term describes a character who remains the same throughout the story regardless of setting or conflict change
What is a static character?
When a setting mirrors the internal emotional state of a character (ex. rains when the character is sad), it is called this.
What is a pathetic fallacy?
The main difference between a detail and imagery
What is sensory engagement?
Unlike a symbol, which represents one thing, this is a recurring element that helps develop the theme.
What is a motif?
The cookbook in the novel serves to symbolize this characters lost dreams.
What is Marilyn?
This type of character defies simple classification and undergoes internal change.
What is a dynamic/round character?
In Everything I Never Told You, the lake functions as a location but also as this literary device.
What is a symbol?
This term describes imagery provoking the sense of smell
What is olfactory imagery?
The protagonist deals with this central struggle in literary works.
What is the conflict?
The setting of the book in 1970s Ohio highlights this thematic struggle for the Lee family.
What is racial identity/isolation?
When a characters "mark" is an ailment like heart disease, Foster argues it often symbolizes this emotional state.
What is a "troubled heart" or lack of love/empathy?
This term describes the social, historical and cultural environment that shales a characters values.
What is cultural/social context?
Imagery is used not for "pictures" but also to establish the emotional atmosphere of the scene.
What is mood?
Foster suggests that nearly every time characters eat together in literature, it represents a religious or social ritual.
What is communion?
This character is the "marked". character who notices what others miss.
What is Hannah?