| A | B |
|---|
| descriptive detail | details that appeal to the senses, help visualize |
| dialogue | the words that characters speak aloud |
| dialect | language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people |
| indirect characterization | author develops the character through his actions, dialogue, thoughts, appearance, or other characters reactions |
| direct characterization | writer makes direct statements about a character's personality |
| antagonist | a force working against the protagonist, or main character |
| protagonist | the central character or hero in a narrative or a drama |
| static character | this character stays the same |
| dynamic character | this character changes throughout the story |
| minor character | less important characters who interact with the main characters and others |
| motivation | what makes the characters react as they do |
| point of view | The perspective from which a story is told is called its point of view, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person |
| prior knowledge | information that the reader brings with them |
| humor | the quality that provokes laughter or amusement |
| tone | expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject |
| mood | a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| satire | a literary technique in which ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society |
