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1
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Characterization meaning

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The way writers develop characters in a story

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Direct characterization

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  • Meaning: when the writer directly tells the reader what a character is like
  • Example: Sherlock Holmes is clever and resourceful
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Indirect characterization

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  • Meaning: when the writer gives the reader clues about the character by describing how the character acts and thinks
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Protagonist

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Main character

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Antagonist

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Basically the protagonist’s enemy

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Subordinate characters

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  • Characters who do not play major roles in a story

- Ex: Hope (the wasp) from Ant Man

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Motivations

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The reason why a character does something

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Round characters

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Well developed characters; the author tells the reader a lot about the character

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Flat characters

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  • Aren’t developed; readers know very little about them

- Ex: Pietro (Quicksilver) from Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Dynamic character

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  • A character who changes during the course of the story

- Often the change involves learning a major lesson

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Static

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Not changing

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Universal theme

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  • 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
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13
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A statement that a piece of writing makes about a subject

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Literacy theme

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Subject

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  • 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

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Generalization

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  • 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

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Genres

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Different forms of texts
Examples:
- Drama - plays
- Fiction - novels
- Poetry - sonnets
- Non-fiction - newspaper articles
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Analogy

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  • Compares the relationship between two pairs of words

- Examples: big-small, happy-sad

18
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Conflict

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The struggle between two forces in a story

19
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Theme

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  • The general idea about life that is revealed in the text

- The lesson to be learned

20
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External conflict

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A conflict that is observable

21
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Internal conflict

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A conflict within a character’s mind; a difficult decision

22
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Plot components

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(On the triangle)

  1. Basic situation
  2. Complication
  3. Climax
  4. Resolution
23
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Types of linear plots

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  • 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
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Omniscient point of view

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  • All-knowing
  • The narrator is not one of the characters
  • The narrator knows and sees everything about the story and characters
25
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First-person narrator

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  • The narrator is a character in the story who is experiencing the events first-hand. Refers to themselves as I or me
  • Credible/believable
  • Unreliable - can’t be trusted
26
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Third-person - limited narrator

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Knows everything and is not a character in the story, however, the narrator limits their focus to a single character

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Diction

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Writer’s word choice

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Voice

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The writer’s overall style based on his tone and diction

29
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Imagery

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  • Language that appeals to the senses

- Often involves figurative language

30
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How do you identify images

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Ask if the image appeals to one of the five senses

  • Sight (ex: the bright yellow sun hurt her eyes)
  • Touch
  • Hearing
  • Smell
  • Taste
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Tone

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The writer’s attitude as revealed by diction

32
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Mood

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The effect of the writer’s use of tone on the reader

33
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Persona

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  • The identify and character of the text

- The persona is the speaker as revealed through the voice (determined by tone and diction)

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