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24 Cards in this Set
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Flat Characterization |
A character who has two sides, representing one or two traits-often a stereotype. They help move the plot along more quickly because the audience immediately knows what the character is about. |
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Round Characterization |
A character who is complex and has many sides or traits with unpredictable behavior and a fully developed personality. Antagonists are usually like this.
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Dynamic Characterization |
A character who experiences an essential change in personal attitude. Protagonists are usually like this.
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Static Characterization
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A character who does not develop or change beyond the way in which he or she is first presented.
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Physical Setting
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Where the story takes place
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Chronological Setting
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When the story takes place
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External Conflict
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the character is going up against Nature or society or another person or group of people. |
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Internal Conflict
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The character is fighting themself
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First Person POV
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A character tells the story, using words like I, me, and my. |
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Third person POV
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The story is told by an invisible author using "He, she, it" to tell the story.
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Exposition
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The introduction of the story.
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Rising Action |
The actions that lead to the climax.
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Climax
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The climax is the high point of the story.
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Falling Action
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The after effects of the Climax.
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Resolution
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The end of the story.
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Plot
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The natural events of a story
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Setting
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The time and place a story is written
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Indirect characterization
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Development of a character through words, actions, thoughts, or those of another character.
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Direct Characterization
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The author introduces the character by describing the character's personality in detail.
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Irony
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When something unexpected happens.
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Mood
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The feeling the vocabulary used conveys to the reader.
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Tone
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The writers attitude towards their subject
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Protagonist
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The main character in a story
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Antagonist
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The character opposing the protagonist.
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