Characterization
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Wild Card
100

Character does not change

Static

100

Giving humanlike characteristics to something non-human

Personification

100

______________ is the way individual characters are portrayed in the text 

Characterization

100

She cried a river

Hyperbole

200
A dynamic character undergoes significant ______ change

Internal

200

Her hair is as red as an apple.

Simile

200

What we feel as the reader

Mood

200

What is my dog's name?

Olive

300
The main character is called the 

Protagonist

300

He's a couch potato.

Metaphor

300
Conflict drives the _______ forward

Plot

300

Hints at what will come in the story

Foreshadowing
400

The character (or force) that opposes the main character is called the

Antagonist
400

Don't cry over spilled milk!

Idiom

400

You can understand tone through an author's . . .

Diction

400

Bam! Boom! Zap

Onomatopoeia 

500

What is the STEAL method of characterization?

SPEECH/THOUGHTS/EFFECTS ON OTHERS/ACTIONS/LOOKS

500

When something happens but you expect the opposite

Irony

500

What are five types of conflict?

Character, Nature, Self, Technology, Society
500

What are the six components of plot?

Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution