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Vocab 3 Definition
Vocab 3 Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Round character | Many personality traits,very human like |
| Cliche | An expression used so often that it has lost its freshness and effectiveness |
| Static character | character(s)changes throughout the story, personality remains the same |
| Antagonist | The person or force that works against the hero of the story |
| Flat character | primarily one personality trait ex:joker-evil |
| Direct characterization | author provides information directly in print |
| Inderect characterization | Not direct; reader "figures out" the personality/information from characters words and actions |
| Dynamic character | character (s) changes throughout the story, emotionally /physically grows |
| Point of View | Perspective from which the story is told |
| Atmosphere | The emotional quality or mood of a story |
| Symbol | Person,place,or thing that represents something most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea |
| Satire | Writing tht comments on human flaws,ideas,social customs.or institutions in order to change theme |
| Suspense | A feeling of excitement,curiosity or expectation about what will happen |
| Style | The distinctive way that a writer uses language including factors as word choice,sentence length, arangement,& complexity, & the use of figurative language & imagery |
| Third person omniscent | narrator can see into the minds of all characters |
| Third Person | narrator outside the story; uses he,she, they |
| Third person limited | narrator tells only one character perseives |
| First person | narrator is a character in the story uses "I',"we" etc. |
| Hyperbole | a purpuseful exxageration for emphasis or humor and also a figure of speech ex:his mind was a million miles away" |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds like hiss,buzz, etc. |
| Oxymoron | A figure of sppech where author groups contradictory terms to suggest a paradox ex:"jumbo shrimp" |
| Allusion | A refrence to a well-known person,place,event, literacy work or art to enrich reading experiench by adding meaning |
| Allegory | A narrative in which objects,persons, or events are symbolic for qualities or things not directly included in the narrative itself.Usally deals with a moral thruth or generalization about human existence |
| Exposition | Part of story usally at begining where characters are introduced background & setting explained |
| Analogy | A comparisson of ideas or objects which are essentially diffrent but which are alike in one significant way,ex:grasshoper & the man who lives only for a momment |
| Protaginist | main character , usally heroic, good type |
| Mood | feeling intended for reader to feel in a literature |
| Characterization | Techniques a writer uses to create &develop a character by what he says & does or other characters say or react to them |
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r.toso
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