Characters
contrasts the main character in
such a way that it makes us more aware
of some important quality of the main
character
What is a foil.
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
any specific aspect of a text that you can recognize, identify, interpret, and/or analyze
What is literary devices?
Used to end a statement.
What is a period?
The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
Represents values that we may not
believe in
What is an antihero.
Giving an inanimate object (or idea) human characteristics
What is personification?
Future events in a story are suggested ny the author before they happen
What is foreshadowing?
This type of noun must be capitalized, for example "ashley jones" instead of "Ashley Jones."
What is a proper noun?
Which type of characterization is this?
“Bill was short and fat, and his bald spot was widening with every passing year.”
What is direct characterization?
Difference between flat and round characters.
What is
Flat character:
-not complicated or complex;
-we do not really know what they think & feel
Round characters:
-complicated or complex;
-has good and bad traits;
-Conflicting motives
-We know more about what they think
& feel (so they are more realistic to us)
Repetition of the 1st consonant sound at the beginning of words.
ex. "She sells sea shells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
"The sky was filled with fluffy clouds that soon darkened and filled the ground with huge puddles." This is an example of...
What is imagery?
indicating a pause, typically between two independent clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.
What is semicolon?
What kind of characterization in this?
“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”
What is indirect characterization?
A familiar character type requiring little or
no imagination on the part of the author to
create due to the reader’s ability to easily
identify and understand the character.
What is a stock/stereotype character?
Description which exaggerates
What is hyperbole?
An event which is unexpected occurs, often in an absurd or mocking to what is actually expected or appropriate.
What is situational irony?
Use this punctuation before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet)
What is a comma?
Acronym used to analyze indirect characterization
What is P.A.I.R.S.?
Character that does not change throughout the story
What is a static character?
Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the literal meaning
What is an figurative language?
Where an author interrupts the story in order to explain something, usually to provide important background info
What is exposition?
What comes BEFORE the _____is a complete thought, and what comes AFTER the _____is not a complete thought.
What is colon?
What does the P.A.I.R.S. acronym stand for?
What is Physical Appearance, Attitude/Actions, Inner Thoughts, Relationships/Response to/with others, Speech?