Direct Characterization

Writer tells us directly what the character is like

Indirect Characterization

When putting clues together to figure what there like

A reliable narrator is one who simply reports the action without offering an opinion. The reliable narrator is almost never a character within the story, but is usually a 3rd person voice who describes the action.

When the narraotor of the story is biased...he or she isn't seeing the whole picture or giving all of the details.

Vantage point from which a writer narrates, or tells a story

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotion in on character

Struggle or clash between two characters

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

Person, place, or event that stands both itself and for something beyond itself

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by suing a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect

a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (EX. buzz, bark, etc.)

Repetition of the dame or similar consonant sound in words that are close together

no human thing or quality is talked about as it were human

what you expect to happen and what really happens.

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Vocab Terms & Description

Question	Answer
Plot Structure	Series of related events that make up a story or play
Setting	Time and place of a story
Mood	A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
Theme	the central idea or insight about human life revealed by a work of literature
Direct Characterization	Writer tells us directly what the character is like
Indirect Characterization	When putting clues together to figure what there like
Reliable Narrator	A reliable narrator is one who simply reports the action without offering an opinion. The reliable narrator is almost never a character within the story, but is usually a 3rd person voice who describes the action.
Unreliable Narrator	When the narraotor of the story is biased...he or she isn't seeing the whole picture or giving all of the details.
Point of View	Vantage point from which a writer narrates, or tells a story
Internal Conflict	A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotion in on character
External Conflict	Struggle or clash between two characters
Foreshadowing	The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot
Symbol	Person, place, or event that stands both itself and for something beyond itself
Metaphor	Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
Simile	Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by suing a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
Hyperbole	Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect
Onomatopoeia	a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (EX. buzz, bark, etc.)
Alliteration	Repetition of the dame or similar consonant sound in words that are close together
Personification	no human thing or quality is talked about as it were human
Irony	what you expect to happen and what really happens.

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