How to write a character sketch

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How to write a character sketch

• It is super easy if you follow these directions.

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General Information

• You will be using an 11-point paragraph to write
  your character sketch.
• In addition, you must incorporate a quote which
  will be properly referenced.
• HERE WE GO!!!

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Point 1

• Topic Sentence
• Every paragraph starts off with a topic sentence
  which tells your reader what you are going to
  talk about.
• For this task, you will outline the title and
  author of the short story, the character you are
  investigating and the traits you will be
  discussing.

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Topic Sentence

• Lauries mother from the short story Charles by
  Shirley Jackson is an oblivious, obsessive, and
  inadequate character.

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Point 2,3,4

• This is where you write about your first
  character trait.
• You are going to P-E-E on your page!
• P oint
• E xample
• E xplain

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P-E-E

• To begin, Lauries mother is oblivious. She is
  completely unaware of reality when it comes to
  her son. For example, Laurie comes home from
  school telling his mother about how the naughty
  boy, Charles, got in trouble for being rude to
  the teacher. However, while Laurie is retelling
  this story, he himself is being rude to his
  parents, a sure sign that there is no Charles and
  that Laurie, in fact, is Charles.

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Point 5,6,7

• This is where you write about your second
  character trait.
• You are going to P-E-E again!
• P oint
• E xample
• E xplain

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P-E-E

• Additionally, Lauries mother is obsessed when it
  comes to stories regarding the fictional Charles.
  She even goes so far as to comment that with
  the third week of kindergarten Charles was an
  institution in her family (Jackson). This
  further demonstrates her obsession with Charles
  as telling his tales becomes a daily routine.

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Quotation Incorporation

• Before we move on, lets talk about how to
  incorporate a quotation.
• Your quotation should flow between your own
  words.
• Any changes you must make to the quote so it is
  grammatically correct goes into square brackets.
• You must reference the author in round brackets
  at the end of the sentence.
• She even goes so far as to comment that with
  the third week of kindergarten Charles was an
  institution in her family (Jackson).

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Point 8, 9, 10

• This is where you write about your third
  character trait.
• You are going to P-E-E for a third time!
• P oint
• E xample
• E xplain

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P-E-E

• Lastly, Lauries mother is inadequate when it
  comes to parenting. She is always curious about
  Charles and encourages Laurie to share stories
  about him. What she should be doing instead is
  parenting Laurie on how Charless behaviour and
  actions are inappropriate and let him know that
  if he behaves similarly, he will be punished.

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Point 11

• Every paragraph ends off with a concluding
  sentence.
• Here you will restate your main points.
• Try to make it sound different from your topic
  sentence.

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Concluding Sentence

• All in all, Lauries mother is oblivious
  regarding her son, obsessed with the fictional
  Charles, and inadequate when it comes to
  parenting.

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Your task

• You are to write a character sketch for Mary
  Maloney from Lamb to the Slaughter.
• See the evaluation rubric for how you will be
  marked.