Investigating Characterization

Question 1

The narrator is telling the story. They often share their thoughts and feelings.

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1st POV

Question 2

A moment when a character suddenly feels they understand something very important

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Epiphany

Question 3

A narrative providing a history or background for a character or situation in a story.

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Backstory

Question 4

The person who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be told in 4 ways: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or hybrid.

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Point of View

Question 5

The narrator addresses the reader - or sometimes seems to be talking to themself.

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2nd person POV

Question 6

The voice telling the story.

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Narrator

Question 7

Techniques of language and storytelling an author uses to achieve a goal

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Author's Craft

Question 8

language that's intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the reader.

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figurative language

Question 9

This relates to how a character sees and experiences things, which affects how a story is told.

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Perspective

Question 10

The narration shifts. It may shift from first to second, or it may have different first-person narrators in parts.

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Hybrid POV

Question 11

When an earlier moment is portrayed in a story or when a past experience is remembered

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Flashback

Question 12

A conversation between two or more characters in a story

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Dialogue

Question 13

A character who has a name and does things that contributes to the plot, but they aren't the main character.

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Minor Characters

Question 14

A literary device used to develop characters in a story

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Characterization

Question 15

Someone outside is telling the story. The characters may not know everything the reader does.

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3rd POV

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