The people or animals that take part in a storys action Characters are driven by motivation the reason or reasons they do what they do Character The way a writer reveals a characters personality and qualities ID: 661510
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Character
and CharacterizationSlide2
The people or animals that take part in a story’s action.
Characters are driven by motivation-the reason or reasons they do what they do.
CharacterSlide3
The way a writer reveals a character’s personality and qualities.
The writer reveals this information
directly
and indirectly.
CharacterizationSlide4
The writer describes the character.
Examples“He was an old man. His black, heavily wrinkled face was surrounded by a halo of crinkly white hair and whiskers…”
“Grandmother was a small woman in a padded silk jacket and black slacks. Her hair was pulled back into a bun behind her head
.”
Direct CharacterizationSlide5
The writer
reveals a character through speech and actions.
Example
“ I thought Grandmother also deserved an American-style bear hug. However, when I tried to put my arms around her and kiss her, she stiffened in surprise, ‘Nice children don’t drool on people,’ she snapped at me.”
Indirect
CharacterizationSlide6
Explaining Characterization in Literature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBwH0R1MyM
Characterization
- by VIDEO SCRIBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GVgbykf8ASlide7
“Ribbons”
by Laurence Yep“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean MyersPrentice Hall Literature