Characterization
What is Characterization?
Details the author includes to help you get to know a character.
What is a Literary Device?
A literary element or a literary structure found in a fictional writing
What is a Plot in a Story?
A plot is made up of the events that make up a story line.
What is a vingette?
A brief passage that captures a memory, moment in time, etc.
What is a Short Story?
A shorts story is a brief work of fiction.
What are the 2 types of Characterization?
Direct and Indirect
Name 5 literary devices
Alliteration, Allusion, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Irony, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Simile, Flashback, Personification,
(There are many other literary devices and answers may vary)
What are the 6 steps of a Plot Diagram?
Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Actions, and the Resolution
What does the root word amo mean?
To like/love
Name 5 out of the 9 elements present in a short story.
Characters, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Point of View, Motive, Theme, Mood, and Tone
What is Direct Characterization?
The author just tells you about a character
What type of Literary Device is This:
"It felt like 1,000 years before it was my turn for the new ride at the amusement park."
Hyperbole
What is the Setting?
The time and place in which a story is set
What does the root word bell mean?
War
What are Characters?
A person of animal in a literary work that takes part in the action.
What is Indirect Characterization?
The author gives hints about a character to show their characteristics
What type of literary device is this:
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore"
Alliteration
Which step in the Plot diagram sets the central conflict in motion?
Inciting Incident
What does the word amiable mean based on the root word? (Hint: amo-love)
Amiable: Having a peaceful and likable personality
What does the Antagonist do in a story?
It opposes the protagonist in some way.
What type of Characterization is this:
"The girl slowly walked away from the crowd to avoid confrontation"
Indirect
What type of literary device is this:
"There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her..."(Chopin 1)
Foreshadowing
What part of the Plot Diagram is this?
"It was about 11:00 at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her" (Hughes 1)
Exposition
What does the word antebellum mean?
(Hint: bell - war, ante - before)
Antebellum: occurring or existing before a particular war
List all 4 of the Character Personality types and explain 1 of them
Round, Flat, Dynamic, Static (explanations may vary)