When a writer explicitly tells us what a character is like.
What is direct characterization
100
A scene in a story or play that interrupts the present action to tell about events that happened at an earlier time
What is a flashback
100
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view
100
humane, adj
What is merciful; kind.
100
Irony used when you say something but actually mean the opposite
What is verbal irony
200
When a character does not change over the course of a story's events
What is a static character
200
A sense of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome of events in a story or drama
What is suspense
200
Literary element that includes the geological location, characters occupations and daily way of life, the time period when an action takes place, and the general environment of a character.
What is setting
200
Robust, adj
What is strong; healthy
200
When an outcome of a situation is the opposite of what you would expect it to be.
What is situational irony
300
Daily Double: When a writer shows us what a character is like through the character's speech, _________,effects on others, _________, and ________.
What is indirect characterization.
300
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or drama.
What is foreshadowing
300
The vantage point where the narrator is all-knowing. We are able to hear the thoughts of many characters
What is third person omniscient
300
Pestilence, noun
What is an epidemic of a contagious deadly, disease plague
300
Irony in which the audience knows something that the characters in a story, play, or movie do not.
What is dramatic irony
400
A character who undergoes a change in attitude or beliefs due to the events in a story.
What is a dynamic character.
400
The physical, spiritual, social, and psychological background against which a narrative takes place.
What is setting.
400
When the writer tells the story from a vantage point of one character.
What is third person limited
400
ethereal, adj
What is having to do with the upper regions of space; light and airy
400
A literary work that mocks or ridicules the stupidity or vices of individuals, groups, institutions, or society in general.
What is satire
500
The reasons, either stated or implied, for a character's behavior.
What are motivations.
500
The main idea expressed in a literary work, the central insight that the work gives us about life
What is theme
500
How does the setting of Marigolds (Great Depression, 1930s) add to the atmosphere or tone of the story?
The money problems that are a result of the depression cause tension with the father and family.
500
imperial, adj
What is of great size and outstanding quality; majestic
500
A device in literature where an object also represents an idea.