Glossary Terms

a statement indicating what the writing piece is about

• thesis

• characterization

• citation

• protagonist

a statement that gives more information about a quote or paraphrase

• character motive

• paraphrase

• signal phrase

• antagonist

a character that stays the same

• static character

• character foil

• protagonist

• dynamic character

a character that changes throughout the story

• static character

• character foil

• antagonist

• dynamic character

the development of a character throughout a text

• characterization

• symbolism

• works cited

• quote

a device in literature where an object represents an idea

• citation

• symbolism

• topic sentence

• analysis

a note in the text of a research paper that refers to a source in the works cited page

• signal phrase

• topic sentence

• citation

• thesis

a list of sources that are referred to in the a document; a bibliography

• topic sentence

• signal phrase

• thesis

• works cited

the desire or need that drives a character to action

• character trait

• STEAL

• antagonist

• character motivation

to restate in your onwards while keeping most of the details the same

• summary

• paraphrase

• quote

• signal phrase