AP Running notes (107-110)

Question 1

Author’s purpose

Answer 1

His or her reason for creating a particular work. It can be to explain, inform, entertain, express an opinion, or persuade.

Question 2

Ballad

Answer 2

A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

A pause or a sudden break in a line of poetry.

Question 4

Characteristics

Answer 4

techniques that writers use to make characters visible

Question 5

Character trait

Answer 5

A character’s personality; this does not physically describe.

Question 6

Direct Characterization

Answer 6

Directly stated traits or about a character’s nature.

Question 7

Dynamic character

Answer 7

changes throughout the course of the story

Question 8

flat character

Answer 8

little information is provided

Question 9

Indirect Characterization

Answer 9

The author does not directly state traits or personality.

Question 10

Round Character

Answer 10

Several traits and background information; fully described

Question 11

Static Character

Answer 11

does not change or does very little through the course of the story