Literary Terminology

Direct characterization is when the reader is told about how the character is outright in the text. Indirect characterization is when the reader is told of the characters actions, words or thoughts and is left to devise how the character is instead.

Direct characterization tells, whereas indirect characterization shows.

direct characterization "tells", where as indirect characterization "shows".

There once lived a miserly, miserable old man.

Brainstorm, draft, revise, polish

Narration that tries to imitate the patterns of real thought.

A larger psychic distance usually creates a less inimate tone.

A closer psychic distance can create a more intimate tone.

That humanity is at its best in nature

A local revision focuses on specific words, phrases, and sentences; a global revision addresses larger aspects of the work.

The sound of cows kicking the barn door

a narrator who doees not view similarly like others