PPT-Responding to Characters: Types of Character and Characterization

Character Character is any personage in a literary work who acts appears or is referred to as playing a part Types of Characters Round and Flat Round characters are characters that act from varied often conflicting motives impulses and desires . Characters are the people or animals in a story. . The main character is the person at the center of the story. Example: Rikki-tikki-tavi is the main character.. The process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character.. Two methods:. Direct characterization. Indirect characterization. Definition:. Characterization Methods. Direct Characterization. You will need them all year!. Story . Elements. T. he time . and. place in which a story occurs. Setting. stated. – time and place are directly stated by the author. implied. – time and place are determined by clues given by the author. Do Now. Honors/Warnings/Transitions. Complete self-evaluation.. Review as class & share comments. Do Now. Split into partners. Review active reading strategies. Name THREE things you might annotate for. . come alive for us while we. read. They live on the page. and in our hearts and. minds. We cannot forget. them. Yet they are fictional;. they don’t really exist.. Characters. . Be alert to characters in the same way you are when you meet someone. . 9. th. Grade. Dec. 1, 2011. Bellringer. Answer the question about the error in the passage. . My grandmother . says that its. fake, that there’s no way a human being can split wood with a bare foot. . You will need them all year!. Story . Elements. T. he time . and. place in which a story occurs. Setting. stated. – time and place are directly stated by the author. implied. – time and place are determined by clues given by the author. Fiction writers employ a variety of characters while weaving their stories. . PROTAGONIST. : the main character in a literary work. ANTAGONIST:. the main character or force that opposes the protagonist. Pop Quiz: How does this story . Change?. What? Why?. We look at characters as part of the key to finding out the author’s true meaning. Characters are an INTEGRAL part of presenting the author’s theme. . Definition. Characters are the people in narratives, and characterization is the author’s presentation and development of the traits of characters.. Sometimes, as in fantasy fiction, the characters are not people. They may be animals, robots, or creatures from outer space, but the author endows them with human abilities and human psychological traits. They really are people in all but outward form.. Characterization is the developing and portraying of a personality through thought, action, speech, costuming, and makeup.. It involves making others believe you are someone else. Your job as an actor is to make the character real for the audience. . . – . the way an author reveals the special qualities and personalities of a character in a story, making the character believable. . Analyzing Character Traits. We try to figure out what a character in a book is like by paying attention to the clues the author gives us. This is called “. Language Arts. 1. Opening Activity . Choose one character from your book. . In your composition book, create a bubble map with your character’s name in the center.. Based on what you have read so far, list 10 adjectives that you would use to describe their looks, personality, behavior, thoughts, feelings, etc.. Trait: a quality of mind or habit of behavior. Ex: self centered; sloppy; needy. Character traits help us to define and understand a character. Internal quality (ex. Selfishness) determines external behavior.