Outsiders Vocab 1 (PreAsess)

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Protagonist

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Central / "good guy" character

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Antagonist

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Chief foe or enemy of the central character

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In Frozen, who is the protagonist?

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Anna

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Who is the antagonist in "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows"?

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Voldemort

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Can the antagonist of a story be non-human, such as an animal, government, or force of nature?

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True

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What is the term for the way an author describes a character to help the reader understand what the character is like?

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characterization

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When a narrator or author gives explicit information about a character. For example, John was a confident man, who always stood tall. This helped him in his career as a lawyer.

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direct characterization

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When the audience learns about a character by analyzing the character's actions, thoughts, and speech.

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indirect characterization

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Read the paragraph about the main character, Ponyboy, from the story The Outsiders. What type of characterization does the narrator use here?

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Direct

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In The Outsiders, the narrator describes Darry, his older brother, by saying, "Darry works too long and hard...hollering at me all the time...treating me as if I was 6 instead of 14" (Hinton 2). From this, we know Darry must be the leader of their family and under a great deal of stress. This is an example of _________ Characterization.

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Indirect