Theme, Character, and Point of View
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Reading Standard for Literature 2; Informational Text 2
Reading Standard for Literature 3
Characters
Direct Characterization: The author directly states the character's traits.
Indirect Characterization: The author reveals the traits of a character through various methods, leaving it up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on this indirect information (what the character says, does, thinks, or what other characters say about him/her). |
Complex Characters are comprised of various traits, conflicts, and motivations. The often change drastically by the end of the literary work in response to the experience through which he or she has passed. |
Conflict
INTERNAL CONFLICT: Struggle taking place inside a character's mind.
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EXTERNAL CONFLICT: Struggle taking place phyiscally outside of a character.
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Reading Standard for Informational Text 6, and 9
ETHOS
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PATHOS
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LOGOS
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Reading Standard for Literature 6
CULTURE pertains to the sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another.
CULTURE is transmitted (through language, institutions, art, etc.) from one generation to the next.
CULTURE is transmitted (through language, institutions, art, etc.) from one generation to the next.
Point of View
1st Person: Uses 1st person pronouns, such as "I," "we," "my," "us," and "our."
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3rd Person Omniscient: Author can enter the minds of ALL characters.
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3rd Person Limited: Author limits his omniscience to only one character.
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