Final Flashcards
Characterization meaning
The way writers develop characters in a story
Direct characterization
- Meaning: when the writer directly tells the reader what a character is like
- Example: Sherlock Holmes is clever and resourceful
Indirect characterization
- Meaning: when the writer gives the reader clues about the character by describing how the character acts and thinks
Protagonist
Main character
Antagonist
Basically the protagonist’s enemy
Subordinate characters
- Characters who do not play major roles in a story
- Ex: Hope (the wasp) from Ant Man
Motivations
The reason why a character does something
Round characters
Well developed characters; the author tells the reader a lot about the character
Flat characters
- Aren’t developed; readers know very little about them
- Ex: Pietro (Quicksilver) from Avengers: Age of Ultron
Dynamic character
- A character who changes during the course of the story
- Often the change involves learning a major lesson
Static
Not changing
Universal theme
- Themes that can be found in stories in any culture, place, or period
- Ex: do to others as you would have them do to you
A statement that a piece of writing makes about a subject
Literacy theme
Subject
- The topic of the text; what the text is about
- Usually the subject can be stated in a single word such as love, war, or innocence
Generalization
- A statement that applies to many people or situations
- They don’t have to be true all of the time, but they are normally true
Genres
Different forms of texts Examples: - Drama - plays - Fiction - novels - Poetry - sonnets - Non-fiction - newspaper articles
Analogy
- Compares the relationship between two pairs of words
- Examples: big-small, happy-sad
Conflict
The struggle between two forces in a story
Theme
- The general idea about life that is revealed in the text
- The lesson to be learned
External conflict
A conflict that is observable
Internal conflict
A conflict within a character’s mind; a difficult decision
Plot components
(On the triangle)
- Basic situation
- Complication
- Climax
- Resolution
Types of linear plots
- Chronological order: the order in which something happens
- Flashback: you go back to the past in the story
- Flashforward: you go into the future in the story
- Foreshadowing: indication or warning of a future event
Omniscient point of view
- All-knowing
- The narrator is not one of the characters
- The narrator knows and sees everything about the story and characters
