Vocab
Setting
It's raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
Where an author blatantly says a character is kind and what their traits are.
Direct Characterization
Suddenly it turned from hard to gooey and slimy and I could feel it running around in my hand.
The character that is always trying to stop the main character from getting what they want.
Antagonist
I would rather eat a log instead of that.
Hyperbole
The author uses the characters actions to let the reader figure out how they are characterized.
Indirect characterization
Deer leaped from yard to yard as they ate from pear trees. Dogs barked and cats hissed but they remained unphased.
Makes you see things in your mind and possibly hear things.
Conversations that are had between characters.
Dialogue
Your eyes are like the sun
Simile
A character that doesn't change and doesn't grow throughout the story
Flat character
"KABOOM" A loud explosion set off in the far distance while many others could be heard from miles away. What sensory language was used here?
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
I too, sing america
Metaphor
A character that changes and grows overtime learning from past mistakes.
Rounded Character
The cat purred as I pet its soft, fluffy fur. We sit on the sofa that adjust to how we sit.
Makes you feel a sense of touch
The lesson that the author wants to teacher the reader
You do not want to open Pandora's box.
Allusion
How does a character typically learn to get through something.
Through conflict
"The soft, velvety petals of the rose felt warm against her fingers."
This can makes you envision a rose and how it feels.