AP Lit Unit 1: Character and Setting Review

Characters in literature allow readers to study and explore:

• beliefs

• assumptions

• biases

• cultural norms

The acronym we use to remember the tools that author's use in characterization is:

• STEM

• STEAL

• STEAM

• SPACECAT

Authors may use DIRECT characterization

• by revealing characters through dialogue, or conversations

  between characters, and behavior, or the things characters do.

• by implying who is affected by the describing.

• by providing details, pieces of specific information,

  the reader learns directly from the narrator or other characters.

• by letting readers observe what the character does or says.

The method of revealing character by letting readers observe what the character does or says is called:

• Indirect Characterization

• Bias

• Motive

• Direct Characterization

A speaker, a narrator, or the characters themselves may offer the descriptive details, each

possibly providing a different:

• a maximum of 7 details

• slant

• source

• setting

Bias is:

• always a fair viewpoint

• always an unfair viewpoint

• the inclination to like, dislike,

  or just have an opinion about something or someone

• a response of hostility toward the author

The way narrators, characters, or speakers

understand their circumstances is called:

• Motive

• Narrative Point of View

• Perspective

• exigence

Motives are most directly influenced by:

• Setting

• Perspectives

• Contrast

• Story shape

Perspective is informed, or influenced, by the characters’:

• background

• personality traits

• biases

• relationships

People’s (and characters’) perspectives ______________ them to take (or avoid) certain actions.

• truncate

• motivate

• delineate

• obfuscate