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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 direct characterization | the author directly states a character's traits |
| indirect characterization | the character is revealed through their personality, appearance, words, actions, and effect on others |
| motiviation | what makes people behave the way they do |
| motives | why characters do the things they do |
| biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| actions | what a character says and does |
| inferences | Drawing conclusion from evidence and what we already know |
| irony | the opposite of what is expected |
| subjective writing | presents the writer's point of view |
| objective writing | based on facts, to inform |
| primary source | something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event |
| text structures | The way in which an author presents the information in his/her story or article. Some of the most common text structures are: chronological order, enumeration, cause and effect, compare and contrast |
| enumeration | listing items in order |
| chronology | a record of events in the order of their occurrence |
| comparison and contrast | is a text structure that discusses similarities and differences |
| cause and effect | is a text structure that writers use to explain how or why one thing leads to another. The cause is the reason that an action or reaction takes place. The effect is the result or consequence of the cause |
| paraphrasing | rewriting or restating another person's ideas or thoughts into your own words |
| summary | retells only the main points in a concise form |
| allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
| conflict | opposition between or among characters or forces in a literary work that spurs or motivates the action of a plot (internal, external; person vs. person, self, nature, society) |
| objective | presents all sides of a subject so that readers can draw their own conclusions |
| broad scope | covers many aspects of a topic |
| limited scope | covers only one side or aspect of a topic |
| biased | one-sided |
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