Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance. Sentences can be unbalanced to serve a special effect as well.

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

Indirect Characterization

Author reveals to reader what the character is like by describing how they look and dress, letting them hear what they say, revealing private thoughts/feelings, effect on others, or showing in action. Common in modern literature

Direct Characterization

The author tells us directly what the character is like: sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form.

One who does not change much in the course of a story.

One who changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action.

Has only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. They can be summed up in one phrase.

Has more dimensions to their personalities---they are complex, just as real people are.

In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. Coleridge: “Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike.” In prose this is called antimetabole.

Is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse.

A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.

In general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters.

An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor.

A twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poet’s life.

The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.

Conflicts can exist between two people, between a person and nature or a machine or between a person a whole society.

A conflict can be internal, involving opposing forces within a person’s mind.

The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

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Vocab Unit 2

Term	Definition
Balance	Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance. Sentences can be unbalanced to serve a special effect as well.
Characterization	The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
Indirect Characterization	Author reveals to reader what the character is like by describing how they look and dress, letting them hear what they say, revealing private thoughts/feelings, effect on others, or showing in action. Common in modern literature
Direct Characterization	The author tells us directly what the character is like: sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form.
Static Character	One who does not change much in the course of a story.
Dynamic Character	One who changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action.
Flat Character	Has only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. They can be summed up in one phrase.
Round Character	Has more dimensions to their personalities---they are complex, just as real people are.
Chiasmus	In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. Coleridge: “Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike.” In prose this is called antimetabole.
Cliche	Is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse.
Colloquialism	A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.
Comedy	In general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters.
Conceit	An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor.
Confessional Poetry	A twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poet’s life.
Conflict	The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.
External Conflict	Conflicts can exist between two people, between a person and nature or a machine or between a person a whole society.
Internal Conflict	A conflict can be internal, involving opposing forces within a person’s mind.
Connotation	The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.
Couplet	Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

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