Characterization

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Characterization

• Unit 2

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Characterization page 250

• Characterization
• When you compare and contrast characters, you
  look for
• One strategy is to identify
• 1.Find details about the main character by
  completing a
• 2.Consider whether the characters actions,
  ______, or _______ are _________ or different
  from those of the other characters.
• 3.Decide whether you ______ what the character
  says.

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Characterization page 250 Key

• Characterization
• When you compare and contrast characters, you
  look for similarities and differences among the
  people in a story.
• One strategy is to identify each characters
  perspective, or the way a person understands the
  world.
• 1.Find details about the main character by
  completing a graphic organizer.
• 2.Consider whether the characters actions,
  emotions, and ideas are similar to or different
  from those of the other characters.
• 3.Decide whether you trust what the character
  says.

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Types of characters (page 250)

• Character traits are
• Round characters
• Flat characters

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Types of characters (page 250) Key

• Character traits are the personal qualities,
  attitudes, and values that make a character
  unique.
• Round characters are complex, showing many
  different character traits.
• Flat characters are one-sided, showing just a
  single trait.

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Characterization

• Indirect
• What a character does
• What a character says, thinks, or feels
• What one character says or thinks about another
  character
• Authors description of how the character looks
  and dresses

• Direct
• The author directly states what the character is
  like.

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Characterization page 280

• A character is
• A dynamic character
• A static character
• The most complex kind of character is a _________
  and __________ character.

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Characterization page 280 KEY

• A character is a person who takes part in a
  literary work/
• A dynamic character changes. He/she develops and
  learns because of events in the story.
• A static character does not change or changes
  very little. These characters are not usually the
  central characters and are often used to develop
  conflict.
• The most complex kind of character is a round and
  dynamic character.