Characterization
The character's speech, thoughts, actions, and physical appearance.
What is Indirect Characterization?
This type of narrative lays out events in a logical sequence following the passage of time.
What is Chronological Narrative?
This POV has access to all characters thoughts, feelings, memories, and actions it is considered an “All-Knowing Voice.”
What is Omniscient 3rd Point Of View?
This type of Imagery includes detailed description of music, sound, and silence.
What is Auditory Imagery?
This type of sentence includes two or more independent clauses connected by a conjunction or punctuation.
What is a compound sentence?
The characterization seen in: "The patient boy and the quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother."
What is Direct Characterization?
A narrative technique where a story is told within another story to contextualize or add depth.
What is a Frame Story / Frame Narrative?
This occurs when the speaker is not portrayed as a trustworthy source.
What is Unreliable Narrator?
A “blinding flash of light” or “shadowed alley” are examples of this most common type of imagery.
What is Visual Imagery?
This punctuation mark suggests a pause stronger than a comma but weaker than a period, often separating closely related independent clauses for the effect of either balance or contrast.
What is a semicolon?
The type of character present:" Even though she loved to dance, Shannon was nervous about joining the dance team. She tried out and made it, but never said a word to anyone. At each dance practice, Shannon got a little more comfortable with her team. By the end of the season, not only did she make friends, but she even taught the team a few dance moves."
What is a dynamic character?
A cyclical structure where the ending of the story directly parallels the beginning.
What is Circular Narrative?
This perspective utilizes turning the reader into the subject.
What is 2nd person point of view?
In literature, the physical description of a “fiery eye” makes use of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
This literary device places two contrasting ideas within an adjacent parallel structure. Ex: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
What is antithesis?
The type of character is present: Travis began the school year the same as always, knowing he was going to fail his exam. He began to study his homework and his practice exams. With the encouragement of his parents, he started to buy books to help him learn his weak points. As he received his score on his exam, he saw that he had failed as he expected.
What is a static character?
Type of narration present in the quote: “But then I learned that he had laughed at my proud name, Montresor, the name of an old honored family. I promised myself that I would make him pay for this - that I would have revenge.” - Cask of Amontillado
"What is a biased narration?
A tightened perspective with no filter words.
What is Deep POV?
The 2 types of imagery present in the phrase: "The child grew so hungry that their legs dragged like a lame fawn towards the moldy bread on the street; despair welling up in their expression as it was kicked onto another street."
What is Organic imagery and Kinesthetic imagery?
The literary device is present in the quote: “I curled my knees to my chest. … I mouthed the words. I kept mouthing them until I could loosen my grip on my legs and lift my head.”
What is parallelism?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the deaths of Henry, Elizabeth, William, and Justine were examples of this type of character.
What are foil characters?
A literary device present in the opening sentence ("Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet...").
What is dramatic irony?
The POV of Lydia to everyone in "Everything I Never Told You"
What is subjective object {projective desire}?
The mood present in this quote: “Blood was its mark - the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and a sudden feeling that the mind was rushing in circles inside the head. … The bright red spots upon the body and especially upon the face of the sick man made other men turn away from him” - The Mask of Red Death
What is terror, fear, or discomfort?
(anything similar)
The effect this syntax style has on the narrator’s characterization.: “This day when it had light mother called me retch. You retch she said. I saw in her eyes the anger. I wonder what it is a retch.” - Born of Man and Woman
What is the effect of innocence/naivety character?