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An idea or observation about human nature or life - it runs through the work and is expressed in many ways. |
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- Exposition - Inclining incident - Plot complications - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Resolution |
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A complex sentence consists of... |
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...1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause. |
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Has few traits, can be describes in a sentence or two, easily describes |
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Have complexity, many traits, needs at least a paragraph to describe, has depth, not easily described |
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Telling; the narrator directly tells us about the character |
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Indirect characterization |
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The theme is only a moral in the case of a... |
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Acronym for characterization |
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S - peech T - houghts E - ffect on others/how others act towards them A - ctions L - ooks/physical appearance |
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I; the narrator is a character in the story - Main character - Minor character - Unreliable narrator |
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You; narrator is not a character in the story |
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He, she, it; narrator is not in the story |
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Sees the characters' thoughts |
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Discrepancy between what is expected and what is |
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What is said is the opposite of what is meant (i.e. sarcasm) |
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The outcome is the opposite of what is expected |
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Audience knows more than the characters know |
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