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| the process by which the traits of characters are presented |
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| direct characterization (telling) |
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| Character is revealed by direct comments made by the narrator- which may refer to their thoughts and the reader does not have access to the characters mind |
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| indirect characterization (showing)- implicit |
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| Character is presented in terms of their environment including details about them and their words and thoughts |
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| a character who permanently changes in personality or outlook in some way |
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| a character who is limited to a couple individual traits |
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| a minor character that exists to highlight the distinctive temperament of the protagonist |
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| indirect characterization (showing)- dramatic |
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| the character is revealed through their own actions |
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| indirect characterization (showing)- introspective |
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| the reader possesses access to the character's mind; his/ her ideas are revealed directly |
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| a complex multifaceted character |
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| a character who is the same in the end as they were in the beggining |
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| a character who is more type than individual, one whose nature is familiar to the reader from prototypes in previous narratives |
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| a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what it meant |
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| an incongruity or discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true |
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| a situation in which there is an incongruity between appearance and reality, or between expectation and and fulfillment, or between the actual situation and what would seem appropriate |
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| something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well |
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| the central idea or unifying generalization implied or stated by a literary work |
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| a rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work |
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| A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. |
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