Lit for life Flashcards
2 methods of presenting character
showing and telling
What is needed for a character to rationlize what they say and do
Motive
We have to find movtive for their words and actions to be:
Plausible
There three types of ways to make a character convincing:
Motive, plausiable, and consistent
Absurdist literature
When characters are alienated from themselves and environment
What is a dynamic character
Character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action of the plot
What is a static character
Does not change
What is a foil
Helps to reveal the qualities of another character by comparing
What is a flat character
Has 1 of 2 qualities and is easily described
made to be boring
What is a stock character
lack individuality and used as a cliche
What is a round character
have more depth and require more attention
may suprise us
more difficult to summarize
Dynamic character can be what?
Both flat and round
Static character can be what?
Both flat and round
What is the exposition
Setting the scene
important character introduced
What is the conflict in a story
Drives the narraitive
“what’s at stake”
What is the rising action in a story?
“inticing incident”
Takes us from our normal world
What is the climax in a story
Most exciting and high point in story
“murderer is caught”
What is the resolution (falling action) in a story?
Sense of coming to a new point
What is the protagonist in a story
Main person
Better than other characters
What is a hero in a story
Someone who is moral or physically better than the other characters
What is an anit-hero in a story
Someone who is still strong and better than the character but does not always make the right descisions
what is the antagonist in a story
Main opposing person to the protagonist
Could be a villian, societal norms, or some force (not always a character)
What is chronology in a story
Timeline of event in historical order
What is plot in a story
How events are delt out to the reader
Includes suspense
