Week 14 Flashcards
Into the Wild Chapters 1-4
When a writer explicitly tells the reader about a character’s personality. For example: “John was a kind and generous man.” (The writer explicitly tells us about John’s traits.)
direct characterization
When a writer shows a character’s personality through actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and interactions with others.
For example: “John always gave his lunch money to those who needed it more.” (The writer shows John’s kindness through his actions, but doesn’t explicitly tell the reader that John is kind.)
indirect characterization
adjective; Lacking due concern; happy and carefree in an unserious way; Sentence from original text: “Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the ~~~ air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes.”; Additional example sentence: “He spoke with ~~~ ignorance of the true situation.”
blithe
American transcendentalist writer known for his works “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience”; Example sentence: “~~~ believed in the importance of nature, individuality and simplicity.”
Henry David Thoreau
Leader of the American Transcendentalist movement, known for essays like “Self-Reliance” and “Nature”; Example sentence: “~~~ led the Transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
direct characterization
When a writer explicitly tells the reader about a character’s personality. For example: “John was a kind and generous man.” (The writer explicitly tells us about John’s traits.)
indirect characterization
When a writer shows a character’s personality through actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and interactions with others.
For example: “John always gave his lunch money to those who needed it more.” (The writer shows John’s kindness through his actions, but doesn’t explicitly tell the reader that John is kind.)
blithe
adjective; Lacking due concern; happy and carefree in an unserious way; Sentence from original text: “Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the ~~~ air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes.”; Additional example sentence: “He spoke with ~~~ ignorance of the true situation.”
Henry David Thoreau
American transcendentalist writer known for his works “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience”; Example sentence: “~~~ believed in the importance of nature, individuality and simplicity.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leader of the American Transcendentalist movement, known for essays like “Self-Reliance” and “Nature”; Example sentence: “~~~ led the Transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.”
