EOCT Key Terms

The author may reveal a character through thoughts, words, appearance and actions.

The dictionary definition of a word

leading character, in finding a solution

a character that does not change throughout the course of the story

the feeling the reader experiences

Gives human characteristic to nonhuman things

the positive or negative feeling of a word.

comparison using "like" or "as"

Plays consisting of one or more acts.

A complex character is called what

The story arranged in order of time from beginning to end

looking closely at the small parts of a text to see how it works together and affect the whole.

occur when a reader must infer what a character is like

a way the author's voice sounds within the literary text

occurs when the reader is told what a character is like

a specific unifying pattern or structure used in storytelling

To mention a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text.