Characterization Literary Definitions

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CharacterizationCharacterization

Literary DefinitionsLiterary DefinitionsBy: Tristan, Cassie, Josef


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- all the events in a story particularly renderedtowards the achievement of some particularartistic or emotional effect.

is the struggle found in fiction. Conflict/Plot may

be internal or external and is best seen in (1)Man in conflict with another Man: (2) Man inconflict in Nature; (3) Man in conflict with self.

PlotPlot


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- includes the time, location, and everythingin a story that takes place, and initiatesthe main backdrop and mood for a story.

In the book, Twilight, the setting is in Forks,

Washington and Phoenix, Arizona

SettingsSettings


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-describes from whichgrammatical personsperspective the story isperceived.

First person: (includesthe thoughts andperspective of onemain character,who's telling his/herown story)

Second person: (turnsthe reader into thecharacter)

Third person selectivesingular: (includesthe thoughts andperspective of one

main character)

Point-Of-ViewPoint-Of-View


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- the process of conveying information about characters innarrative or dramatic works of art or everyday conversation.

is the method used by a writer to develop a character. The methodincludes (1) showing the character's appearance, (2) displayingthe character's actions, (3) revealing the character's thoughts,

(4) letting the character speak, and (5) getting the reactions ofothers. Example is in the book twilight, Edward Cullen isdescribed as a charming, polite, determined, and very stubborn,protective of a girl he loves, girl describes him impossiblybeautiful.

CharacterizationCharacterization


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- the main idea of a essay, paragraph, orbook.

"jealousy" (in Shakespeare's Othello)

ThemeTheme


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- a literary or rhetorical stylistic device that consists inrepeating the same consonant sound at the beginning ofseveral words in close succession.

Coleridge describes the sacred river Alph in Kubla Khan as"Five miles meandering with a mazy motion," which

alliterates with the consonant m. My example- Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

AlliterationAlliteration


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- an expression designed to call something to mind withoutmentioning it explicitly.

- An expression used to give you a picture of something inyour mind without directly saying what that thing is. .

Were you born in a barn?

Instead of saying you are dirty or you are an animal. Youexpress something to make people think what belongs ina barn? They will visualize an animal, but you never saythe word animal.

AllusionAllusion


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- a comparison between two things. Example- Bella once said, "His eyes were like

liquid topaz." She was talking about Edward'sgold-colored eyes. From the book Twilight

Comparing something/someone to something orsomeone familiar. Comparing the characteristicsof something or someone to express betterunderstanding or clarity.

AnalogyAnalogy


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- a person who actively opposes or is hostileto someone or something.

the enemy, it can be a thing in additionto person.

In the book, Twilight, the Nomads and Jamesare Antagonist.

AntagonistAntagonist


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- to one side; out of the way.The Changeling' by Thomas Middleton:

DEFLORES [Aside] Will't never mend, thisscorn, One side nor other? Must I be

enjoin'd To follow still whilst she flies fromme? Well, Fates do your worst, I'll pleasemyself with sight Of her, at allopportunities, If but to spite her anger.

AsideAside


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- verse without rhyme. As an example, in Shakespeare'sA Midsummer

Night's Dream, Theseus' speech to Hippolytaappears in blank verse:

he poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,Doth glancefrom heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;And,as imagination bodies forthThe forms of thingsunknown, the poet's penTurns them to shapes

and gives to airy nothingA local habitation and aname. (5.1.12-17)

Blank VerseBlank Verse


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- the most intense, exciting, or important point ofsomething.

Big fight sequence; finding the treasure; heroenters villain's lair and rescues the maiden; the

mega-storm happens; girl and boy go out ondate at last.http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/five_stage/climax.htm

ClimaxClimax


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- comic episodes in a dramatic or literarywork that offset more serious sections.

Example-The Porter scene in Macbeth, thegrave-digger scene in Hamlet and the

gulling of Roderigo provide immense comicrelief. The mockery of the fool in King Learmay also be regarded as a comic relief[

Comic ReliefComic Relief


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- a serious disagreement or argument.They were fighting.

ConflictConflict


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- two lines of a verse, usually in the samemeter and joined by a rhyme, that form aunit.

I found a starfish in the bay

when I was fishingyesterday source:http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4979748/example-of-a-couplet-poem

CoupletCouplet


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- the choice and use of words and phrases inspeech or writing.

Wordsworth campaigned againstexaggerated poetic diction. Source

dashboard dictionary

DictionDiction


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- the device of giving the spectator an item of information that atleast one characters in the narrative is unaware of, thus placingthe spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters.

the contrast is between what the audience knows (a murdererwaits in the bedroom) and what a character says (the victimenters the bedroom, innocently saying, "I think I'll have a long

sleep").Source - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=define:dramatic+irony&defl=en&ei=c3VoS6-AMI6QsgOKpNj1BA&sa=X&oi=definer&ct=&cd=1&ved=0CAQQowMoAA

Dramatic IronyDramatic Irony


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- the structure of a dramatic work such as aplay or film.

The play was made up of 5 scenes.

Dramatic StructureDramatic Structure


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- an adjective or descriptive phraseexpressing a quality characteristic of theperson or thing mentioned.

They did a very good job on painting that

house.

EpithetEpithet


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- a distinction in traditional systems foranalyzing language.

As she was reading, she started tounderstand the words more then their

literal meaning.

Figurative LanguageFigurative Language


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- a literary technique used by many differentauthors to provide clues for the reader tobe able to predict what might occur lateron in the story.

Before I finished reading the book, I had anidea on how the story was going to end.

ForeshadowingForeshadowing


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- prevent from succeeding.The characters in the book were very

different from one another.

FoilFoil


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- visually descriptive or figurative language.The story makes you visually think of whats

going on at that time period.

ImageryImagery


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- an expression of ones meaning by usinglanguage that normally signifies the opposite.

"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent" source-http://www.google.com/search?

hl=en&source=hp&q=define%3A+irony&aq=f&aqi=g10&oq=

IronyIrony


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- the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. the Horatian ode has an intricate governing

meter | unexpected changes of stress andmeter. Source dashboard dictionary

MeterMeter


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- a figure of speech in which a word of phrase isapplied to an object or action to which it is notliterally applicable.

I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression, saidMark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors | her

poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor. Source dashboard dictionary

MetaphorMetaphor


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- a long speech by one actor in a play or movie. As young as I am, I have observed these three

swashers. I am boy to all three; but all three,though they would not serve me, could not be

man to me; for indeed three such antics do notamount to a man. Henry V By: WilliamShakespeare

MonologueMonologue


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- a figure of speech in which apparentlycontradictory terms appear in conjunction.

amateur expert -http://www.oxymoronlist.com/amateur-

expert/

OxymoronOxymoron


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- the attribution of a personal nature or humancharacteristics to something non-human.

He did not realize that his last chance waswalking out the door.-

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/exa

PersonificationPersonification
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/examples-of-personification.htmlhttp://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/examples-of-personification.html


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- the leader or one of the major charactersin a drama, movie, novel, or other fictionaltexts.

Edward and Bella are protagonists in the

book Twilight.

ProtagonistProtagonist


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- a joke exploiting the different possiblemeanings of a word or the fact that there arewords alike but have different meanings.

A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants.-

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/pun

PunPun
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htmhttp://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htm


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- the ordered pattern at the ends of the lines of apoem or verse.

There once was a big brown cat aThat liked to eat a lot of mice. b

He got all round and fat aBecause they tasted so nice. b- http://www.rbuhsd.k12.ca.us/~rgrow/Rhyme

%20Schemes.html

Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme


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- a figure of speech involving the comparison ofone thing to another thing of a different kind.

It was an American tradition, like fathers chasingkids around with power tools-

http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/12/the-25-funniest-analogies-collected-by-high-school-english-teachers/

SimileSimile


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- describes a discrepancy between the expected result andthe actual results.

In literature, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietprovides an example of tragic situational irony. Juliet takesa drug to fake her death, Romeo however takes poison as

he believes Juliet to be dead, when she awakens from herself-induced coma, she finds Romeo's body and thus killsherself for real.-http://www.ironyexamples.com/situational-irony/

Situational IronySituational Irony


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- a literary device often used in drama whereby a characterrelates his or her thoughts and feelings withoutaddressing any of the other characters.

To play or not to playWhether it's nobler in the mindto sufferThan to be in pain on the courtOr suck it

up and playAnd by defeating your adversary, topain: to swell-http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/hamlet/examples_of_hamlet_soliloquy.htm

SoliloquySoliloquy


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- a poem of fourteen lines using any of a numberof formal rhyme schemes.

She was found to wilt . With words she scours .Ivory towers . The thick walls she built . Well

tarnished with guilt .- Excerpt of Her WiltingRegrets By: Paul McCann

SonnetSonnet


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- a thing that represents or stands forsomething else.

- bright sunshine symbolizes goodness andwater is a symbolic cleanser.-

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/literary_elements.htm

SymbolSymbol


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- an event causing great suffering. "For never was a story of more woe / Than

this of Juliet and her Romeo.-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juli

et

TragedyTragedy


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- verbal irony is intentionally produced. ".....I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I

swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know Ihate, rather than Paris ...-

http://www.enotes.com/romeo-and-juliet/q-and-a/what-some-examples-verbal-irony-romeo-juliet-70761

Verbal IronyVerbal Irony

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