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A characters reason for doing something
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Motivation
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What are the five methods of characterization?
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1. Speech
2. Actions 3. Reactions of other characters 4. Appearance 5. Private thoughts |
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The little girl wearing the blue dress was shy and very quiet.
What type of characterization is this? |
Hint: it uses the word "was"
Direct |
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The old man snickered at his dying wife as she lie in pain under the car tire.
What type of characterization is this? |
Hint: it implies the man is cruel and uncaring based on his actions.
Indirect |
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What is the term used to define the character of a story who is trying to solve a problem?
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Protagonist
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What is the term used to define a character of a story who is adding additional complications to a main character's problem?
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Antagonist
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Juliet is as beautiful as the sun.
What type of figurative language is this? |
Simile
Similes use the words as, than, like to compare two things. |
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Juliet is the sun.
What type of figurative language is this? |
Metaphor
A metaphor compares two unlike things, but does not use the words as, than, like |
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The tree branch frightened the man when it reached out and touched his shoulder.
What type of figurative language is this? |
Personification
Personification gives human qualities to a non-human thing. |
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The ball was kicked by the boy.
In which voice the the above sentence written? |
Hint:
Who did the kicking? If answer is at end of sentence, then passive. If answer is at beginning, then active. PASSIVE |
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The boy kicked the ball.
In which voice the the above sentence written? |
Hint:
Who did the kicking? If answer is at end of sentence, then passive. If answer is at beginning, then active. ACTIVE |
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What literary term is used to describe an author's attitude toward a subject?
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Tone
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What are the components of a concrete detail?
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Hint: TLQD
T = Transition L = Lead in Q = Quotation D = Documentation |
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What is the first sentence of a body paragraph?
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Topic Sentence (TS)
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My little sister can eat more than a hungry bear.
What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence above? |
Hyperbole
(exaggeration) |
