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ENG 226.001: Vocab Quiz 2

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direct characterization
when the text offers a generalization or judgement about a character (when the narrator tells the reader something about a character)
jump cut
a transition into exposition or reflection with white space on the page indicating a shift to a different scene
information dump
large chunks of exposition not carefully interwoven into a narrative
idiot lecture
dialogue that exists for purely expository reasons
point of view
the distance between the reader and the narrator or speaker
central point of view
the point of view that comes from the main character
peripheral point of view
the point of view that comes through a minor character who observes and understands more than the main character
indirect characterization
when the narrator shows the reader something about the character through the character's actions, things the character says, or things other characters say.
******ask harrington about this one
third person limited point of view (aka limited omniscient)
the point of view that allows us to see a character's interior world and the exterior setting around her as she experiences it
omniscient point of view
the point of view that speaks from an all-knowing perspective that understands the past, present, and future and is free to tell readers anything, even what the characters themselves may not know
objective point of view
the point of view that knows no more than a person observing the scene would witness--just what's present to the senses, not the interiors of characters
colloquial voice
writing crafted to sound more like authentic speech than like formal, written english
authorial intrusion
occurs when the point of view of the author "breaks the wall" of the narrating point of view already established--it interrupts the readers' relationship with the narrating POV and makes us suddenly aware we're in an artificial story
irony
a contradiction between the way things appear and what they really are
reflection
a perception or understanding about being and living, expressed so readers feel that they are perceiving it too, thinking it with you
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