characterization
This characterization is more implied through a character’s thoughts and or actions.
What is indirect characterization?
The two major elements of setting are time and this.
What is place.
This is a character who does not change
what is static character?
Narrator does not equal?
what is author?
This is an act of communion
What is sharing a meal
This shows culture, socio-economic status, values, intelligence, etc.
What is dialogue and inner thoughts?
The historical, social, and cultural events of the day are encompassed in this aspect of a story.
What is the context of setting?
This is when a reader is presented with a situation which is the opposite of what they would expect
What is irony/twist ending
What is it called when narrators or speakers relate accounts to readers and establish a relationship between the text and the reader?
what is narrative relationship?
when in doubt its from this author… or the bible
who is Shakespeare?
These are the elements of characterization. List at least two.
Character description, dialogue, inner thoughts, character behavior, speech patterns
Beginning at a conflict, allows the reader to gather character information, setting info
what is sudden exposition?
This literally translates to “in the midst of things” and refers to a story beginning in a critical situation in the middle of the plot.
What is in media res
________refers to how narrators, characters, or speakers see their circumstances, while ________ refers to the position from which a narrator or speaker related to the events of a narrative.
What is perspective, point of view
These physical attributes denote character importance
What is a physical mark?
This "haunts" a person in their motivation.
What is ghost?
The setting of the story can impact the ____ or character’s ____, so it is more than just a minor detail.
Conflict, behavior
Interruptions in the standard order of plot events wherein the writer inserts scenes of past events, provides background/context
what is flashbacks?
The narrative perspective includes all the characters and the narrator takes an “all-knowing” perspective.
What is third person omniscient?
This is freedom
what is light?
Describe the difference between point of view and perspective.
Point of view differs from perspective in that a point of view is a narrative viewpoint, which sometimes employs a characterized narrator.
Perspective is broader, referring to the feelings and outlook of the narrator as a person.
Read the following excerpt: “Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset, into the street of Salem village, but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife. And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap, while she called to Goodman Brown.” These words point to the setting.
What is “sunset”, “street of Salem village”, “threshold”, “wind”,
This may evoke an emotional reaction in readers by the order in which information is revealed, faster in suspenseful moments and slower in explanatory ones
what is narrative pacing?
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
“A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”
Where in this excerpt could the narrator’s reliability most come into question?
What is “ he did not perceive that my to smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”
This makes up two elements of a quest, one stated and one real
What is a reason to go (to a place)