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• Characterization the way an author reveals the
  traits and personality of the characters.
• Trait examples honesty, courage, determination,
  modesty, tolerance
• An author reveals characterization by
• Describing what a character looks like
• Having a narrator make direct comments about the
  character
• Characters thoughts, speech, and actions
• Other characters thoughts, speech, and actions
  about the character

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Direct Characterization

• Direct characterization The narrator tells the
  reader about the characters.
• You can actually point to the descriptions.
• Julie was a tall woman with clear smooth skin and
  a twinkle in her bright blue eyes. She had worked
  as a nurse for 20 years and always wore her
  uniform with a blue silk scarf. Her voice was
  soft and gentle and patients frequently heard her
  singing softly to herself as she went on her
  rounds. She was always polite and friendly.
• Character Traits

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Indirect Characterization

• Indirect characterization an author suggests
  something about a character's personality
• This is revealed through
• What the character thinks
• The characters actions
• Dialogue characters speech
• How others view the character

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Indirect Characterization Cont.

• What kind of language does she use? How does she
  talk to people? Is she respectful, smart-mouthed,
  serious, kind, generousetc.
• How is the character judged by her friends, her
  family, those who know her well?

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Indirect Characterization

• Ex He cornered the 7th grader at his locker.
  "How much money do you have, kid?" The cornered
  student simply looked away, trying to collect his
  books. "I SAID, how much MONEY do you have, kid,"
  the boy repeated, this time yelling into the face
  of the 7th grader and knocking the books from his
  hand. When the boy still did not answer, he
  pushed him into the locker and bellowed, "Give me
  the money you have in your pocket, NOW!
• Character Traits

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Direct or Indirect?

• having a narrator make direct comments about the
  character
• Direct
• the characters thoughts, speech, and actions
• Indirect
• other characters thoughts, speech, and actions
  about the character
• Indirect
• describing what a character looks like
• Direct/Indirect