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direct characterization

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told directly what the character is like

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indirect characterization

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readers use their own judgement to decide what a character is like, based on what evidence the writer gives them

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how can writers reveal characters?

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A - action
D - dialogue
A - appearence
T - thoughts
E - effect

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dominant impression

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a readers overall picture of a character

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diction

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writer or speakers choice of words (effect of word)

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types of diction

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connotations and denotations

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connotation

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all associations behind a word, besides their literal defenition

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denotation

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the specific meaning of a word (dictionary)

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imagery

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descriptive language that appeals to any of the 5 senses

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tone

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narrators/speakers attitude towards a subject

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mood

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story’s atmosphere or feeling it evokes in the reader

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allusion

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figure of speech that refers to a story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison

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metaphor

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figure of speech that compares two unlike things WITHOUT THE USE OF THE WORD LIKE, AS, THAN, OR RESEMBLES

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simile

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figure of speech that compares two unlike things USING THE WORDS LIKE, AS, THAN, OR RESEMBLES

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oxymoron

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two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect (cruel kindness, living death)

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personification

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nonhuman thing or quality is given human qualities

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pun

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a joke with words that sound alike but have different meanings

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what is juxtaposing

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highlighting the contrast between two different sentances with similar words to compare then

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what specifically is juxtaposition used for

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describe a character in detail, create suspense, or making a rhetorical effect (“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate”)

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irony

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situation or language involving incongruity

21
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different types of irony

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verbal, dramatic, situational

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verbal irony

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speaker intentionally says the opposite of what they mean

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dramatic irony

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author implies a different meaning from what the character means (audience knows, speaker doesn’t)

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situational irony

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circumstances of an event is opposite from what is expected

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theme

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a message based on ones interpretation of the text (always more than one)

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what is juxtaposing two directly or indirectly related entities close together used for

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highlighting the contrast between the two and compare then

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eponym

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refers to a person or thing after which something else is named

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eponymous

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a character in a play or book that has the same name as in the title

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motif

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an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work

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symbolism

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concrete objects that represent abstract ideas

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foil

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a contrasting character who highlights and emphesizes details about the other

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diction

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writer or speakers choice of words (what effect is the word creating)

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imagery

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descriptive language that appeals to any of the 5 senses

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suspense

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sense of anticipation or worry that the author makes the reader feel

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plot

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main events presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

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conflict

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struggle between two opposing forces

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foreshadowing

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use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot

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flashback

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transition in a story to an earlier time that interrupts the chronological order of events

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point of view

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perspective a story is told

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first person

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no narrator (character)

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third person

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narrator not in the story (all-knowing)

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third person limited point of view

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story told from the perspective of one character (inside thinking)

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shift

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when narrater changes position/opinion

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perspective

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attitude toward or a way of regarding something

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theme

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ideas the text explores (life lesson) there can be more than one

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antithesis

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two opposite ideas put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

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epithet

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descriptive phrase used to characterize something (ex: utterson the lawyer)

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